TY - BOOK AU - Deng,Sally TI - Skyward: the story of female pilots in WWII SN - 1911171887 PY - 2018/// CY - London, New York PB - Flying Eye Books KW - Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) KW - Juvenile fiction KW - United States KW - Army Air Forces KW - Women air pilots KW - Air pilots, Military KW - Aerial operations KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Participation, Female KW - Biographical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references; First flight -- Change -- Just like the military -- If a girl could do it -- The flights after N2 - "The year is 1927, and in America, England and Russia, three young girls share a dream: to fly. But in an age when men still rule the skies, the odds are stacked against them ... As the grim shadow of war falls once again upon the west, Hazel, Lilya and Marlene leap at the chance to fly for their countries. In the face of doubt, racism and constant peril, they fearlessly pursue their passions for aviation like no woman before."--Page 4 of cover ER -