Beneath a Peaceful Moon
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Mary’s Language Skills Could Help End the War in the Pacific
Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII.
Mary Wishram, an orphaned Yakima tribal member, aches for her brother who suffers in a POW camp in the Philippine Islands and her Japanese friends who languish in a relocation center. Determined to end the war by any means necessary, she employs her language skills to become a spy. Leaving Camp Pendleton for the South Pacific, she faces escalating threats of peril to help bring her loved ones home.
John Painted Horse, a proud Navajo, struggles with the loss of his father who died in WWI for a country that didn’t consider him a United States citizen. Though his home state doesn’t offer him the right to vote, he joins the Code Talker program at Camp Pendleton. Thrust into mounting danger in the South Pacific, he hopes to bring long overdue recognition and honor to his people, no matter the cost.
Will these two wounded souls find healing from their past traumas and a deeper relationship with God, before it’s too late? Or will they lose their chance at love, and everything they hold dear?
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Customer Reviews
Another wonderful historical story
There are many heroes and heroines that rise when the country is at war. Many will never be known even though their contribution was vital to the outcome of the fighting. Private Mary Wishram would fall in this category. She spent her days delivering supplies to various places in Camp Pendleton. Late 1944 found her in a much more dangerous situation - you’ll have to read the book to find out more.
The Navajo Code Talkers are familiar to most people as very important to the success of the US troops. Willing to help, Corporal John Painted Horse was recruited and trained as a code talker. Would he, like many of his colleagues, survive the dangers of the front lines?
An early copy of this installment of Heroines of WWII was received through Barbour Publishing, CelebrateLit and NetGalley. These thoughts are my own and were in no way solicited.