# Help ID a book for me.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-a-book-for-me/307931>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 12, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-a-book-for-me/307931 "2005-06-12T03:41:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-a-book-for-me/307931/1 "2005-06-12T03:41:03Z")

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I have a vague recollection of reading a book in elementary school about a group of children who, for some reason, had to hide some gold, and transported it down a hill inside their sleds. I think they were hiding it from the Nazis. Does anybody have any idea WTF I’m talking about?

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-a-book-for-me/307931/2 "2005-06-12T03:53:14Z")

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Was it [Snow Treasure](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0590425374)?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-a-book-for-me/307931/3 "2005-06-12T05:01:36Z")

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That looks like it! Thanks. I like the reviews from some of the tweeny-boppers forced to read it. " this BOOK suCKS to the MAX!!" Heheheh.