Author: Sherri L. Smith
Pages:77/269
Genre: Historic fiction
The book Fly Girl is very interesting. The main character Ida Mae Jones is a tough girl who just wants to fly. Just recently in the book Ida had heard of an academy that trains female pilots. Ida did not have a license so she forged her fathers into one. Ida knew the one thing that might be the difficulty in getting accepted was that she was black, but she still had lighter skin. She chose to act and dress like a white woman and it worked. I see a women named Pasty making her way to being one of the main characters. She is a very nice and cheerful person. Ida's mother was worried about Ida coming she said, "'You might be able to fake white, but you can't fake being a pilot'" (Smith 17). I thought this book was turning out to be focused on women's rights but it is not. I think it is showing how people of different races being treated differently.
Pages:77/269
Genre: Historic fiction
The book Fly Girl is very interesting. The main character Ida Mae Jones is a tough girl who just wants to fly. Just recently in the book Ida had heard of an academy that trains female pilots. Ida did not have a license so she forged her fathers into one. Ida knew the one thing that might be the difficulty in getting accepted was that she was black, but she still had lighter skin. She chose to act and dress like a white woman and it worked. I see a women named Pasty making her way to being one of the main characters. She is a very nice and cheerful person. Ida's mother was worried about Ida coming she said, "'You might be able to fake white, but you can't fake being a pilot'" (Smith 17). I thought this book was turning out to be focused on women's rights but it is not. I think it is showing how people of different races being treated differently.
sounds awesome. im guessing this is back in the days when racism was more common since she said she was black.
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