Flygirl
by Sherri L. Smith
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- Genres: historical, fiction, war, teen
- Language: english
- ISBN: 9780399247095 (0399247092)
- Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
- Awards: California Book Award for Young Adult (Gold) (2009), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Nominee (2012)
- Release date: January 22, 2009
- Author: Sherri L. Smith
- Format: hardcover, 285 pages
About The Book
Ida Mae Jones dreams of flight. Her daddy was a pilot and being black didn’t stop him from fulfilling his dreams. But her daddy’s gone now, and being a woman, and being black, are two strikes against her.
When America enters the war with Germany and Japan, the Army creates the WASP, the Women Airforce Service Pilots — and Ida suddenly sees a way to fly as well as do something significant to help her brother stationed in the Pacific. But even the WASP won’t accept her as a black woman, forcing Ida Mae to make a difficult choice of “passing,” of pretending to be white to be accepted into the program. Hiding one’s racial heritage, denying one’s family, denying one’s self is a heavy burden. And while Ida Mae chases her dream, she must also decide who it is she really wants to be.
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