Flygirl

<b>For fans of <i>Unbroken </i>and Ruta Sepetys.</b> <p/>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. <p/><b>Read Sherri L. Smith's posts on the Penguin Blog</b>