| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Audience |
012-up. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-258) and index. |
| Contents |
Sophie Scholl : the White Rose -- Maria von Maltzan : the countess who hid Jews -- Irene Gut : "only a young girl" -- Irena Sendler : life in a jar -- Stefania Podgorska : the teen who hid thirteen -- Marie-Madeleine Fourcade : "only a woman" -- Andrée Virot : Agent Rose -- Josephine Baker : spy singer -- Magda Trocmé : wife, mother, teacher, rescuer -- Diet Eman : courier for the Dutch resistance -- Hannie Schaft : the symbol of the resistance -- Johtje Vos : a group effort -- Corrie ten Boom : watchmaker, rescuer, reconciler -- Andrée de Jongh : the comet line -- Hortense Daman : partisan courier -- Fernande Keufgens : the teen with the bold voice -- Monica Wichfeld : heroine of the Danish resistance -- Ebba Lund : the girl with the red cap -- Noor Inayat Khan : royal spy -- Nancy Wake : the white mouse -- Pearl Witherington : the courier who became a leader -- Virginia Hall : the greatest American spy -- Muriel Phillips : U.S. Army nurse -- Marlene Dietrich : "the only important thing" -- Maria Gulovich : Slovak for the OSS -- Martha Gellhorn : war correspondent. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9781556529610 hardback |
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1556529619 hardback |
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