03292cam a2200373 4500 1142631333 TxAuBib 20240208120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781649331960 1649331967 B0C6R76TJW Amazon e8279bf5-3219-46a8-98f4-7a26ef8d39e5 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9766132 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Moore, Heather B. Under the Java Moon [Libby] : A Novel of World War II. Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2023. World War II. Indonesia. Prisoner of War. WWII. life during wartime. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3436kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>Based on a true story, this gripping WWII novel captures the resilience, hope, and courage of a Dutch family who is separated during the war when the Japanese occupy the Dutch East Indies.</b><br /> Java Island, 1941<br /> Six-year-old Rita Vischer cowers in her family's dug-out bomb shelter, listening to the sirens and waiting for a bomb to fall. Her charmed life on Java—living with other Dutch families—had always been peaceful, but when Holland declares war on Japan and the Japanese army invades Indonesia, Rita's family is forced to relocate to a POW camp, and Rita must help care for her little brother, Georgie.<br /> Mary Vischer is three months pregnant when she enters the Tjideng women's camp with thousands of other women and children. Her husband, George, is somewhere on the Java Sea with the Dutch Navy, so she must care alone for her young children, Rita and Georgie, and her frail mother-in-law. The brutal conditions of the overcrowded camp make starvation, malaria, and dysentery a grim reality. Mary must do everything she can to keep her family alive.<br /> George Vischer survives the bombing of his minesweeper but feels little hope floating on a small dinghy in the Java Sea. Reaching the northern tip of the Thousand Islands would be a miracle. Focusing on of the love of his life, Mary, and his two children, he battles against the sea and merciless sun. He'll do whatever it takes to close the divide between him and his family, even if it means risking being captured by the Japanese.<br /> <i>Under the Java Moon</i> highlights a little-known part of WWII history and the impact of war on Indonesia, its people, and the more than 100,000 Dutch men, women, and children who were funneled into prison camps and faced with the ultimate fight for survival.<br />. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-02-08 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e8279bf5-3219-46a8-98f4-7a26ef8d39e5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e8279bf5-3219-46a8-98f4-7a26ef8d39e5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e8279bf5-3219-46a8-98f4-7a26ef8d39e5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)