Angels of Bataan and Corregidor: The Heroic Nurses of World War II

by Agnieszka Biskup, Samantha Feriolla Chow (Illustrator)

Overview

Soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they also attacked U.S. military installations in the Philippines. For the army and navy nurses stationed there, what had been a peaceful outpost quickly turned into a raging war zone. When the U.S. and Philippine forces retreated to the Bataan Peninsula and the fortress island of Corregidor, the nurses followed them to the field hospitals to care for the wounded. Persevering through enemy assault and imprisonment, these heroic women became angels of mercy amid the war in the Pacific.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666333916
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/01/2022
Series:	Women Warriors of World War II
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	GN760L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

About the Author

Agnieszka Biskup is a writer and editor based in Chicago. She is a former science editor at the Boston Globe as well as a Knight Fellow at MIT, where she studied science journalism. She served as managing editor of the children's magazine Muse and has written numerous children’s books in addition to many articles for newspapers, magazines, and websites. Her books have received awards from Learning magazine, the Association of Educational Publishers, the Society of School Librarians International, and have been chosen as Junior Library Guild selections. She is also a winner of the 2015 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award in the Writing for Children category.

Samantha Chow is an Indonesian illustrator currently based on the beautiful island of Bali. She studied film and game art design in Malaysia, and later completed her illustration degree in London. Sam enjoys drawing stories, everyday life, and anything historical! Being a curious person, Sam also loves to travel, exploring new places while doodling her journeys in her handy little sketchbooks!

Table of Contents

Stationed in Paradise 4

Paradise Lost 6

Nurses on the Move 12

Jungle Hospitals 16

A Retreat and a Rescue 20

Prisoners of War 24

Freedom and Remembrance 28

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

About the Author 32

About the Illustrator 32

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