Historical+Fiction

====//Flygirl //by Sherri L. Smith is an amazing story about a young black girl who wants to fly fighter planes during WWII. She learned her love of flight from her father; in addition to his talent, she also inherited his light-colored skin. Although she grew up in a black family and a black neighborhood, her skin is light enough to allow her to "pass" as a white woman in a program to train the first female pilots in the U.S. army. The dangers of the flight training along with the dangers of being exposed as a black woman make this book a very exciting read. By Mrs. Yanch ====