Flygirl

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.

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Author: Sherri L. Smith
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 09/16/2010
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780142417256
Language: English