Unbroken blogged by Victor W.

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

14 hours

This book is about how Louis Zamperini went from juvenile delinquent, to a famous runner, and then a WW2 hero. This book is the biography of Louis Zamperini, and shows how Louie went through many physical and emotional changes as he went on through life. Louie was a juvenile delinquent at a young age, and he was in many frequent fights and stole many things. But as Louie got older, his brother Pete trained him to become a runner. Throughout high school and college, Louie became a famous runner, and even went to the Olympics. When world war 2 started, Louie was drafted, and choose the Air Force as his branch. Louie served in the Air Force during World War 2 and one day when he was on a rescue mission, his plane crashed. The story goes on to tell how Louie survived 40 days on a raft at sea, and how he ended up at Japanese shores, where he was taken to a POW camp, and how the Japanese soldiers tortured the prisoners. This book is a story of survival.

Flygirl blogged by Nicole H.

Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

6-1/4 hours

     I have been reading the book Flygirl. The book is mainly about a black woman name Ida Mae Jones who loves flying but since she's black no one wants to give her a flying license since she is black and also a woman. But Ida Mae has heard of this place in Chicago where they have given licenses to many blacks and many women so she has been a housemaid at many houses trying to earn enough money to get a bus ticket to go there. Suddenly in the middle of what seemed to her to be a pretty average day the Japanese bombed Hawaii. Luckily it didn't effect her or her family since they live in Georgia. Since the U.S. Is now recruiting for the army her older brother decides to go be a doctor and help the countless soldiers. And the news all that is going on has really bummed out Ida Mae so she decides to go into the military as well. 

     The only reason she decided to go into the service was because her little brother showed her an news article saying that the military needs women pilots. So Ida Mae secretly sent in a request to join and then they said she was scheduled for an appointment with the recruiter. When she finally decided to "come clean" her mom and grandfather were very concerned but the let her do it. Now since Ida Mae had light brown skin if she wore the right clothes and acted the right way she could pass as a white woman so when it came time for the interview she did exactly that, mostly because she wasn't sure if they would let a black woman in. Luckily she was accepted into the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and so she is now off to the WASP training facility.