Snow Treasure
Snow Treasure is an exciting, suspenseful tale of Norwegian children and their contributions to protecting their town’s gold during the German occupation in 1940. Convinced that the Germans will try to steal their town’s considerable wealth of gold bouillon from the banks, the townsmen decide that it must be removed.
Since a group of adults can’t remove the gold without the Germans finding out, the townsmen develop a daring plan involving the children. In teams, the children will carry the bouillon on their sleds down to the river. There, one of the townsmen will load them onto his ship to take to the United States.
Will this daring ploy work out? Or will the Germans find out and bring terrible repercussions to the townspeople?
- About the author: A life-long writer, Marie McSwigan wrote for several Pittsburgh newspapers. She also worked in publicity for many area institutions, including Kennywood Park and the University of Pittsburgh. Afterwards, in 1947, she devoted all of her time to writing. She was an award winning writer of more than 10 children’s books.
