Flygirl
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0142417254
ISBN 13
9780142417256
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Pages
304
Description
For fans of Unbroken and Ruta Sepetys.All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly. Her daddy was a pilot, and years after his death she feels closest to him when she's in the air. But as a young black woman in 1940s Louisiana, she knows the sky is off limits to her, until America enters World War II, and the Army forms the WASP-Women Airforce Service Pilots. Ida has a chance to fulfill her dream if she's willing to use her light skin to pass as a white girl. She wants to fly more than anything, but Ida soon learns that denying one's self and family is a heavy burden, and ultimately it's not what you do but who you are that's most important.Read Sherri L. Smith's posts on the Penguin Blog - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
