{"id":1732,"date":"2014-02-28T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2016-10-17T09:27:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T13:27:11","slug":"bkclb-feb14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/2014\/02\/28\/bkclb-feb14\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Club: FLYGIRL by Sherri L. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1822\" alt=\"flygirl-large\" src=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/flygirl-large-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/flygirl-large-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/flygirl-large-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/flygirl-large.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>Ida Mae Jones dreams of flying planes, but after her father passed away, a colored girl like her can hardly take to the skies without taking a dangerous trip to Chicago to take the only available pilot’s test for coloreds. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her younger brother puts a new idea into her head: if she pretends to be white with her fair skin, she can try to become a WASP – but at a steep price.<\/p>\n<p>I loved FLYGIRL and its protagonist, Ida Mae. I loved the discussions that the book addressed, especially the forced choice Ida had to make between being black and being white. In fact, the only thing I didn’t like about the book was the romance part. \u00a0It felt out of place and uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>At last week’s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/GIRLSINCAPES-bookclub\/\" target=\"_blank\">book club meetup<\/a>, the book club members generally agreed that FLYGIRL was an interesting book about a topic not really discussed in U.S. history. \u00a0There was a bit of a toss-up about what was the most interesting part: the Widowmakers, the WASP, or anything else.<\/p>\n<p>Monica, who said she normally reads adult historical fiction instead of YA historical fiction, said it read a bit too young to her, and others agreed the tone was more appropriate for a younger audience. Amber thought it was funny when Ida and her friends stopped to use the restroom and were greeted with “but you’re dames!” Lillie thought it would be a great read for students, especially girls, who might otherwise have a hard time getting interested in reading or history in general.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, readers thought FLYGIRL was an interesting read about an interesting topic, though the romance aspect felt really forced and the ending abrupt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 2014 Title:<\/strong> ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie<\/p>\n<p>Our title for March – The Women in Capes Issue – tells the story of Breq, a soldier on a mission who was once the artificial intelligence of a massive spaceship.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of FLYGIRL?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ida Mae Jones dreams of flying planes, but after her father passed away, a colored girl like her can hardly take to the skies without taking a dangerous trip to Chicago to take the only available pilot’s test for coloreds. 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