Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

Ida Mae is a light-skinned African American growing up in the south during WWII. Her daddy taught her how to fly their crop duster airplane, but after her father dies, she misses flying. When her brother ships off to fight in the war, Ida Mae decides she's tired of waiting around and she joins the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots), passing as a white woman. While she loves flying for the WASP, she finds out that passing as a white woman is not as easy as she thought (especially emotionally). Flygirl is a great novel about women's rights, World War II, being true to yourself, and segregation. Flygirl

is on the 2012 Rebecca Caudill list and is appropriate for 6th grade and up.