Radar Girls

Sara Ackerman is the queen of Hawaiian historical fiction. Born and raised in Hawaii, Ackerman’s novels were mentioned by just about everyone when we asked what to read when visiting there. Radar Girls is arguably the best of the bunch. It opens on a date that lives in infamy, then follows a story inspired by true events when the Women’s Air Raid Defense sent women pilots into a war zone for the first time. There’s war, love, pioneering heroines, everything you’d expect in WWII-era historical fiction.