Fly Girl

I just started reading Fly Girl and I really like it so far!

Fly Girl is about a teenage girl named Ida Mae Jones. She is an African American who wants to be a pilot. This is a book that takes place in 1945, so not many women were allowed to be pilots especially African American women. This book is basically about the struggles she goes through to chase her dreams. I like how the author put a message in this story. In this book the message is you have to keep fighting to chase your dreams and have them come true. You also have to follow your heart! The message is one thing that I really like about his book.

Another thing I really like about this book is that it takes place in the 1940's and I don't know why but I really like reading about a time other than right now because I think it's very interesting to see how my life and my lifestyle is very different and similar to people who lived a while ago. For example, most women a while ago were treated a bit different then men were treated, like in the book Ida Mae wants to be a pilot. It was very rare that women got to be pilots and get there license especially African Americans like Ida Mae. Now a days both men and women are treated equally.

Also, back then African Americans were not treated the same as white people. For example, in the book Ida Mae and her friend went to a wedding. Ida Mae's skin is very light compared to a lot of other African Americans so she gets treated just like a white person, however her friend who has really dark skin has to sit in back of the service because people thought she would be farther away from God because she doesn't deserve to be close to God. One last example, is that the white people at the wedding took a brown paper bag and held it up to the African American person's face and if their skin was darker than the paper bag, they had to sit in the back of the church because the white people thought they weren't worthy of being in God's presence.

I really enjoy reading this book and I can't wait to read more, and find out what happens next!