Flygirl / Sherri L. Smith.
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TextPublication details: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.Description: 278 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780399247095
- 0399247092
- 9780142417256
- 0142417254
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Fiction | Smith, Sherri | Available | 33111009726890 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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's 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.
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG+ 4.3 11.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010