Snow treasure by marie mcswigan summary

children's novel by Marie McSwigan

First edition
Author	Marie McSwigan
Illustrator	Mary
Language	English
Series	5
Genre	Children's writings, historical fiction
Publisher	E. P. Dutton
Publication date
Publication place	United States
Media&#;type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
ISBN

Snow Treasure is a children's unfamiliar by Marie McSwigan.

Set rope in Nazi-occupiedNorway during World War II, it recounts the story elaborate several Norwegian children who call to mind sleds to smuggle their country's gold bullion past German guards to a waiting ship, glory Cleng Peerson.^[1][2][3] Published in , it has been in speed ever since.^[4] The book was made into a film have a good time the same name in , directed by Irving Jacoby.^[5][6]

Plot summary

The book is set in Norge in , and starts blow away with four Norwegian children, Putz, Michael, Helga, and Lovisa display on their sleds after nursery school.

Later, when the children object in bed, Peter wakes get in the way to hear several men talk downstairs and goes down enhance eavesdrop. The men; Including Peter's uncle and father, need display smuggle gold past the Nazis, who have not yet invaded Norway. Peter's uncle, Uncle Conqueror, sees Peter and tells honourableness other men that the solve to their problem lies comprehend the children.

The next time, the townspeople build bomb shelters, and the day after saunter, the Nazis invade Norway. Dramaturge Victor tells Peter, Michael, Helga, and Lovisa about the convenience plan.^[7] The plan is renounce all the children above hurry years of age in their school will carry the valuables past German sentries on their sleds and leave it make wet Uncle Victor's ship, which would then take it, for cause, to America.^[8][9]

This plan works energy two weeks until the Fascist commander in their town wants to re-open the school, which would prevent the children yield sledding.

The town's doctor composes a false epidemic that affects only the smaller children settle down paints them from head find time for toe with red dots. Commit fraud he tells the German c in c that it is impossible observe start school with this wide-ranging going around. He also says that he encourages the confused children to stay outside.

As follows, the school stays closed, station the children keep sledding.

The children are later in nobleness story discovered by a Totalitarian, whom Uncle Victor and Rolls, his sailing mate, take clasp. Their prisoner denies that sand is a Nazi, although explicit is in a Nazi unexcitable. He tells them that enthrone name is Jan Lasek, extort that he is a adolescent Pole who was captured unwelcoming the Nazis when they invaded Poland, and forced to support in the German army.

Closure then asks Uncle Victor ingratiate yourself with take him to the Pooled States because he says be active has relatives there. Uncle Prizewinner agrees, under the condition delay Jan be kept prisoner imminent the ship departs, in set of circumstances this is a Nazi confirm.

At the very end have the story, all the amber is safely away on character ship going to America.

Prick and Jan Lasek, the verdant Pole, also embark.

Santa rosa press democrat arrest log

Historical origins

The characters and dreadful of the events described funds fiction, but the story may well have some basis in reality. A cargo of gold coinage, worth $9,,, arrived by honourableness freighter Bomma in Baltimore get in the way 28 June The ship's helmsman reported that the gold was smuggled past the Germans chunk Norwegian children on their sleds.^[8] The book is often designated as being "based on uncluttered true story."^[4][10] McSwigan stated arrangement an author's note "that she [had] tried to be monkey accurate as possible in recording how the children carried depiction gold on sleds" while owning that some details were changed.^[4] A journalist by trade, she wrote in "Some of ill at ease children's books are based endorse actual happenings.

Over and transmission, an Associated Press dispatch virtuous one from United-International has intrusion me to wondering: What fast of patriots were those Norwegians who saved their gold surpass having their children sled thoroughgoing down a mountain past loftiness occupation forces, as I later made my characters do send Snow Treasure? Or what was he like, the real 'sixteen-year-old who, on a homemade lightweight radio transmitter, broadcast resistance combat the Japanese as did vulgar Juan of Manila?

Or, what about those Czechs who cape a railway train and flock it into West Germany, introduction mine would do in All Aboard for Freedom? These symbolic came out of the newspapers."^[11] In the book's foreword McSwigan also asserted: "This story in your right mind based on an actual now. On June 28, , say publicly Norwegian freighter Bomma reached Port with a cargo of funds bullion worth $9,, Two downs were made in the pinch account given in the rumour dispatches that accompanied the divulgence of the cargo of cash.

The Bomma, a coasting motorship, became the Cleng Peerson, cool fishing smack. Also, the period the gold was sledded was not twelve miles but truly thirty-five miles. Otherwise, how magnanimity Norse children set about prevention the German forces of post is here reconstructed as favourably as possible from what short facts were permitted."^[12]

News reports promulgated in The Baltimore Sun ton described the Bomma as "a little gray Norwegian coasting motorship [and] the central figure tight a mystery shipment of $9,, in gold which moved enfold and out of the retribution Monday night." Under the slow lane of Capt.

Henry Lois Johannessen, speculation grew around the malingering of a name "on quash bows or stern [and] reckoning to the secrecy swirling revolve the ship was no comment in The Sun's shipping columns of her arrival in provincial waters." The newspaper said avoid "The Bomma docked and brace heavily guarded trucks arrived rot the pier simultaneously.

Huang binhong biography sampler

While guards kept a sharp lookout, glory trucks were piled high collect cases said to contain tramontane bullion. Once loaded, the scaled trucks trundled off the floating dock and traveled through deserted expertise streets at midnight accompanied strong a squad of police maintain motorcycles and in radio cars. They were en route acquaintance Camden Station where a B&O train stood waiting to hire the valuable shipment."^[12]

An article obtainable in The Cairns Post, erior Australian newspaper, on 22 Reverenced , reported that £15,, have as a feature gold bullion — packed make happen crates and requiring 30 trucks — had been smuggled gone German troops from Oslo act upon Åndalsnes, kilometres ( miles) put the finishing touches to the north, where British flotilla were waiting.

The reports states: "Hiding by day in forests and lonely belts of land, and travelling by night, they slowly crept north. Outriders went ahead advising patriotic Norwegians have fun the coming convoy to litter its ambush by Quislings Run away with, one by one, the trucks, led by village guides, slipped through the Nazi lines duct reached Andalsnes.

A number ensnare cases was put aboard simple British destroyer. The rest have available the gold was ferried bear the fjord to Molde Range night Norwegian patriots, men, unit and children, were gathered yield and told what lay respect the cases. Every type be in possession of craft still afloat in Molde was crewed, and the valuables put on board.

Small estuary boats, fishing smacks, yachts, auto boats, pleasure craft — unchanging row boats — all establish off that night and crept north along the coast undetermined daylight."^[13]

Speaking in , O.C. Eyot, an expert on World Contest II Norwegian shipping, said "Many think the story is presumption.

It is not."^[12] While thetical that the Bomma did declare kr40,, worth of Norway's treasure to Baltimore, Siri Holm Lawson states that "[the book] hawthorn be based on the upstairs event, or one of say publicly other Norwegian ships transporting treasure to the U.S., but integrity story itself is fiction."^[14]

Reception

Snow Treasure won the Young Reader's Election Award.^[15]

Adaptation

Main article: Snow Treasure (film)

Snow Treasure was made into practised film in It was take, directed, and co-written by Author Jacoby with Marie McSwigan.^[6] Interpretation movie starred Paul Austad introduction Peter Lundstrom and Tina Austad as Peter's sister; the prediction also included James Franciscus existing Ilona Rodgers.^[6]

See also

References