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Phantoms In The Snow

Noah is a fifteen year old boy whose parents died of smallpox. He has no choice, but to go live with his uncle. He was sent to Camp Hale where his uncle lived and trained. His uncle was part of an elite group of soldiers called Phantoms. They trained to fight in the snow. They used used skis to travel faster and trained as if it was real warfare. Noah wanted to join his uncle, so he lied about his age and said he was sixteen. He met many new friends such as Wiley, Bill, Roger, and Cam. They got in a lot of trouble together. Only after two months of training Noah his fellow soldiers were sent Italy to fight the Germans. It took twelve days to get to Germany, but at last they were in the front lines.

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