| Description |
200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
"This is a young readers adaptation of an adult book titled "A woman of no importance" also by Sonia Purnell"-- Publisher. |
| Summary |
The Gestapo is urgently chasing the person they have declared to be the "most dangerous spy" working for the Allies. But she keeps evading them... This the never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, an American spy who changed the course of World War II. Born into a wealthy family in Baltimore, Maryland, from an early age Virginia knew she would never take the path that was expected of her. Instead, relying mostly on her wits and instincts, she would become the first Allied woman secret agent deployed behind enemy lines in France. And she did so despite having a prosthetic leg, which almost no one knew about. Virginia devoted herself to aiding the French Resistance during World War II, and she revolutionized what it meant to be a spy. |
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"This is a historical nonfiction book about Virginia Hall, an American spy in France who the Nazis dubbed "the most dangerous of allied spies." It tells the story of her youth and her work in Europe during the second world war."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
010+. Viking. |
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4-6. Viking. |
| Subject |
Hall, Virginia, 1906-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
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Women spies -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Spies -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Juvenile literature.
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Women spies -- United States -- Biography.
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Spies -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- France.
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Hall, Virginia, 1906-1982. (OCoLC)fst00286208
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Intelligence officers. (OCoLC)fst00975843
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Secret service. (OCoLC)fst01110661
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Spies. (OCoLC)fst01129772
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Women spies. (OCoLC)fst01178571
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Adaptation of (work): Purnell, Sonia.
Woman of no importance.
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| Added Title |
Never-before-told story of the most dangerous spy of World War II |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Purnell, Sonia Agent most wanted New York : Viking, 2022 9780593350560 (DLC) 2022009012 |
| ISBN |
9780593350546 (hardcover) |
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0593350545 (hardcover) |
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9780593350560 (ebook) |
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