The Leper Spy: The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II by Ben Montgomery

The Leper Spy: The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II

Ben Montgomery

288 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

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The GIs called her Joey. Hundreds owed their lives to the tiny Filipina woman who was one of the top spies for the Allies during World War II, stashing explosives, tracking Japanese troop movements, and smuggling maps of fortifications across enem...

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