The Adult Services Department wishes to thank our very generous sponsors of the Adult Winter Reading Program:

Ida Mae Jones loves to fly airplanes. Ever since her father taught her how to fly a crop-dusting plane, Ida Mae has wanted to get her pilot license. There is just one problem: she is a woman. And despite the fact that she is an excellent flyer, she is still denied her license. As World War II begins and men are sent off to fight, the Women's Airforce Service Pilots look for women to help their country. Ida Mae is ready to jump at the opportunity but soon learns that she could be denied this chance because she is African American. Determined to fly, Ida Mae decides to take extreme measures to join the Service, including making a fake license and using her fair skin to pass as a white woman. Can she pull it off?

Dear John is an amazing love story between two people-a young naive college student and a guy in the army. It is told from the man's perspective. He captures your heart from the start despite his roughness. As in the case of all books, the book is a better story than the movie.

Submitted by: Stacy Jelonek