Flygirl
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · September 16, 2010
For fans of Unbroken and Ruta Sepetys.
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- Who it’s for
- A wartime aviation story where the dream of flying meets the cost of passing.
- Genres
- War & Military YA, African American YA, 20th-Century US YA
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, September 16, 2010
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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.
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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. Read Sherri L. Smith's posts on the Penguin Blog
Dreams and Identity
A wartime aviation story where the dream of flying meets the cost of passing.
Come here for
- A young Black woman reaching for the skies during World War II
- The tension between ambition, identity, and family
Expect
- An immersive historical coming-of-age read
- Questions of belonging that linger beyond the final page
Where it sits
| War & Military YA | 62% |
|---|---|
| African American YA | 46% |
| 20th-Century US YA | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- War & Military YA
- 20th-Century US YA
- Authors
- Sherri L. Smith
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- September 16, 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Girls & Women