![]() ![]() Audrey and Randy joke that they all became WASP for men in one way or another Randy joined because her father always wished she was a son, and Audrey joined because her ex-fiancé didn’t believe she could do it. Finally, Ida admits the truth:“It beat sitting at home collecting silk stockings while my big brother was getting shot to bits in the Philippines” (258). Audrey asks her: “Really? Did the army ask for you? Did President Roosevelt send you a letter requesting your help?” (258). Audrey and Randy ask Ida why she became a WASP in the first place, and Ida says that her country needed her. Sherri has worked in film, animation, comic books and construction. Putnam and Sons for Penguin Random House. In October 2015, she makes her middle grade debut with THE TOYMAKER’S APPRENTICE from G.P. Besides, when the war is over, there will be no more need for WASP. Smith is the award-winning author of YA novels LUCY THE GIANT, SPARROW, HOT SOUR SALTY SWEET, FLYGIRL and ORLEANS. Ida tells them that she is going to officers’ training in Florida, but Audrey and Randy tell her that that’s just for show, the government has no intention of having WASP militarized. The women are celebrating they’ve just heard that the Allies stormed Normandy and are hopeful that the war will be over soon. At the bar, she runs into Audrey Hill and Randy, two women from her original training base in Texas. ![]() After Ida says goodbye to Lily, she goes to a bar to get “enough warm bodies around to not feel quite so alone” (254). ![]()
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