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02378aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 D5B04E06B42111E9B815892E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190801010131 008 180827t20192019wau e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1503905039 020 $a 9781503905030 035 $a (OCoLC)1049911766 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d ZAC $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d TNH $d OCLCO $d JUH $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 100 1 $a Lane, Soraya, $e author. 245 14 $a The spitfire girls / $c Soraya M. Lane. 264 3 $a Seattle ; $b Lake Union Publishing, $c [2019] 300 $a 320 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a Three skilled aviators determined to help win the war. Three brave women who know their place is not at home. At the height of World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary need help. A group of young women volunteer for action, but the perils of their new job don't end on the tarmac. Things are tough in the air, but on the ground their abilities as pilots are constantly questioned. There is friction from the start between the new recruits. Spirited American Lizzie turns heads with her audacity, but few can deny her flying skills. She couldn't be more different from shy, petite Ruby, who is far from diminutive in the sky. It falls to pragmatic pilot May to bring the women together and create a formidable team capable of bringing the aircraft home. As these very different women fight to prove themselves up to the task at hand, they are faced with challenges and tragedies at every turn. They must fight for equal pay and respect while handling aircraft that are dangerously ill-equipped; meanwhile, lives continue to be lost in the tumult of war. Determined to assist the war effort doing what they love, can May, Lizzie and Ruby put aside their differences to overcome adversity, and will they find love in the skies? 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Air Transport Auxiliary $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women air pilots $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Air pilots $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409040902.0 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20211120010146.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20190801011257.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D5B04E06B42111E9B815892E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b JUHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search