Flygirl

Author: Smith, Sherri L.

Brand: Random House Books for Young Readers

Color: White

Features:

• Speak

Binding: paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 304

Release Date: 16-09-2010

Part Number: FBA-|283796

Details: 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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EAN: 9780142417256

Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English