TY - BOOK AU - Ackerman, Sara, TI - Radar girls SN - 9780778332046 AV - PS3601.C554 R33 2021 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2021///] CY - Toronto, Ontario, Canada : PB - Mira, KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Participation, Female KW - Fiction KW - Women KW - Hawaii KW - Armed Forces KW - United States KW - Civil defense KW - Women soldiers KW - Man-woman relationships KW - sears KW - Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 KW - History KW - War stories KW - Historical fiction KW - fast KW - Romance fiction KW - gsafd N2 - Inspired by the real women of the Women's Air Raid Defense, this extraordinary novel follows Daisy Wilder as she, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, enlists in a top secret program for civilians in the military, which takes her to wartime Hawaii where she finds love, courage, strength, and sisterhood; In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Daisy Wilder enlists in a top secret program, replacing male soldiers in a war zone for the first time. Under fear of imminent invasion, the Women's Air Raid Defense (WARD) guides pilots into blacked-out airstrips and track unidentified planes across Pacific skies. Not everyone thinks the women are up to the job, and the new recruits meet resistance and heartache along the way. Determined to prove herself worthy-- and with the man she's falling for out on the front lines-- she cannot fail. She'll need her new team when the stakes are highest. -- adapted from back cover ER -