Winter War: A Novel

Readers of The Darkest Night by William Durbin will appreciate his latest work, The Winter War. This is a fictional account of the war between Russia and Finland in 1939-1940. The main character is a boy named Marko, who despite being a polio victim, volunteers to serve as a messenger on Finland's front lines. A well-crafted story, this brings home the experience of what it is like to have one's homeland invaded and what is the cost of freedom. It could serve as a resource to world history units about the World War II era.