Peter reads a newspaper article and then decides that he must leave Vola's house immediately. Why? He needs to get through the area mentioned in the article before it's closed off. He's worried that his father will be involved in the upcoming battle that the article talks about. He wants to see the place he used to play as a child before the war ruins it. He learns that the soldiers are preparing to fight five miles from where he left Pax. THE BOOK PAX