The Book The Winter War by William Durbin is Abouta boy named Marko who goes to war to help his country. The reason for the war is because Russia wanted land from Finland and Finland wouldn't give it to them. At the begging of the book Marko's city is bombed.Then Marko's Brother, Sister and Grandma leave Finland to live with there cousins. After the war is starting and Marko and His Mom start working at a hospital for the injured men in the war. After a while Marko gets asked to be a messenger in the war. The messengers are the people who deliver messages to the Headquarters. As he is delivering messages he gets to meet his new friend his name is Carla and they deliver messages together. There is one thing Marko doesn't now though. At the end Marko figures out Carla is a girl and they move together because everone in Carla's family is died because of the war.
