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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Durbin, William.
The Winter War/William Durbin. —1st ed. p. cm.
invades the independent nation during the winter of 1939-40, Marko, a young
polio victim serving as a messenger boy in the Finnish Army, and the soldiers
in his squadron are determined to keep their homeland free.
Includes bibliographical references (pp. 228-29).
eISBN: 978-0-307-54942-6
1. Russo-Finnish
War, 1939-1940—Juvenile fiction. [1. Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940—
Fiction. 2. Soldiers—Fiction. 3. Poliomyelitis—Fiction. 4. People with
disabilities—Fiction. 5. Finland—History—1939-1945—Fiction.] I.Title.
PZ7.D9323Wg 2008
[Fic]—dc22
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