The children of a small Norwegian village are enlisted to secretly trasport the local bank's stash of gold by sledge to a boat on the shore so that it doesn't fall into the hands of the Nazis. They have great fun thwarting their enemies and smuggling the gold right under their noses, until things threaten to go badly wrong just as they near completion of their daring mission!

The story give readers a wonderful taste of the snow blanketed Norwegian winter, as well as a glimpse of the ways in which even children could stand up against the oppression of Nazi occupation in World War Two. It's an easy read, but great fun as well as educational - not as heavy in theme as many children's books set in this era, reading more like a 'Famous Five' adventure than a war story.