juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / cycling

A little boy named Eric rides his bicycle through his village to join his friend Emily for a picnic, but he keeps stopping to help wayward bike racers with helpful items from his backpack, until, worried about his waiting friend, he tears off in a burst of speed only to find he won the bike race.

Emmeline Escot longs to race bicycles like her successful twin brother, but as her life grows ever more stifled by rules and corsets, she rebels against her conservative culture.