The Winter War
A Novel
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Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewinterwarnovel00durb
- Internet Archivewinterwarnovel0000durb
- ISBN-100385746520
- ISBN-139780385746526
- Goodreads2755870
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- Library of Congress Control Number2007007048
- OCLC Control Number122261538
- Better World Books9780385746526
- Open LibraryOL10151368M
Classifications
- LCCPZ7.D9323 Wg 2008
- LCCPZ7.D9323Wg 2008
- DDC[Fic]
Description
When the Soviet Union invades its tiny neighbor Finland in November 1939, Marko volunteers to help the war effort. Even though his leg was weakened by polio, he can ski well, and he becomes a messenger on the front line, skiing in white camouflage through the forests at night. The dark forest is terrifying, and so are the odds against the Finns: the Russians have 4 times as many soldiers and 30 times as many planes. They have 3000 tanks, while the Finns have 30. But a tank is no help in the snowy forest--a boy on skis is. And the Russians don't know winter the way the Finns do, or what tough guerrilla warriors the Finns are. Marko teams up with another messenger, Karl. Gradually Marko learns that Karl's whole family was killed by the Russians. And Karl has a secret--he's really Kaari, a girl who joined up to get revenge for her family's deaths.From the Hardcover edition.
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