McSwigan, Marie

In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.

The fictionalized story of the group of Norwegian children who helped Norway move its gold reserves to the U.S. during the German occupation by carrying bullion to the sea on their sleds.

The fictionalized story of the group of Norwegian children who helped Norway move its gold reserves to the U.S. during the German occupation by carrying bullion to the sea on their sleds.

In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.

A fictionalized account of how a group of Norwegian children carried bullion to the sea on their sleds, thus helping their country move its gold reserves to the United States during the German occupation.