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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100385746520
ISBN-139780385746526
eBay Product ID (ePID)60669300
Product Key Features
Book TitleWinter War
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Themes / Special Needs, Action & Adventure / General, General, People & Places / Europe, Historical / Military & Wars
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorWilliam Durbin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2007-007048
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromThird Grade
Grade ToSeventh Grade
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
SynopsisWhen 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 foresta 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 secrethe's really Kaari, a girl who joined up to get revenge for her family's deaths., 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.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.D9323Wg 2008
