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May 25, 2012 for 12yearold peter lundstrom, the norwegian winter of 1940 begins like any other. Explain using current events to support your answer. The answer key allows a busy parent to check for correct information in the students answers without having to read the book along with them. Nobody thought the nazis could be defeateduntil uncle victor told peter how the children could fool the enemy. You can also ask a question in case you dont find one in our library of snow treasure answers. In what year does snow treasure does snow treasure take place. A list of books will come up, and you can select which book you are trying to redeem from this list below by clicking the. Snow treasure tells the story of how the people of a small norwegian village are able to fool the nazi soldiers who.
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