The Winter War
A Novel
Poliomyelitis
Soldiers, fiction
Handicapped
People with disabilities, fiction
Authors
People with disabilities
Soldiers
Historical fiction
Children's fiction
Juvenile fiction
History
Fiction
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 ter…
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