“They’ll never get our gold! Not an ounce of it will they touch! Of that I am determined.” (Snow Treasure p. 10) Bravery, loyalty, and just the right touch of stubbornness is what’s needed to keep your enemies from getting what they want. Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan is full of bravery and loyalty, emphasizing that even in the most dangerous times you can still be brave and loyal to your country.
Snow Treasure is about people in the town of Riswyk, Norway during WWII. Their bank has thirteen tons of gold bullion (gold not yet made into money). Thirteen tons of bullion would be the equivalent of forty million kroner or nine million dollars of USA money. The Germans are coming and a man, Uncle Victor, comes up with the idea of sailing