In 1940, when the Nazis reached their village, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport gold bullion to the secret harbor where Peter’s uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.
Related: Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Norway
- ISBN: 9780525476269
- Author: McSwigan, Marie
- Illustrator: Reardon, Mary
- Published: 1942
- Themes: Death, Family problems
- Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Norway