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Code name Badass : the true story of Virginia Hall
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"To say Virginia "Dindy" Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But ho...
"To say Virginia "Dindy" Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But how many of them can say they've been on Nazi Germany's Most Wanted list? At a time when most women were expected to becomes wives and mothers, Virginia craved adventure. And with the world gearing up for a second World War, this fearless woman knew that she had to find a way to get involved. When the State Department proved to be a sexist boy's club that wouldn't allow her in, she went to England to join their Special Operations unit, which was more than happy to hire this talented, brilliant woman. Even after a terrible accident left her needing a wooden leg, she remained undeterred. Soon Virginia became an essential part of the Allied mission and the French Resistance, earning the dangerous honor of being named "the most dangerous of all Allied spies" by the Gestapo. This is a smart and spirited celebration of Virginia Hall, a woman with audacious courage and kickass spy skills"--
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- Creator
- by Heather Demetrios
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- First edition
- New York : Atheneum, [2021]
- ©2021
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- xv, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781534431874, 153443187X, 9781534431898
- OCLC
- on1204264584
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-358) and index.
- Your mission, should you choose to accept it -- The making of a secret agent. Big reputation ; A lesson in gun safety ; Dindy gets benched ; If she were a man, she'd be the man ; Brass ovaries ; Hell hath no fury ; Shaken, not stirred: a (brief) history of espionage ; You can sit with us ; Alias ; Tougher than a lion ; Hitler's heckler ; Essential guts ; A short course in slaying ; Lady virus ; Winter is coming ; 100% that bitch: Dindy vs. the Butcher of Lyon ; These boots are made for walkin' ; Broads, brothels, and boches ; Nolite te bastardes carborundorum -- Making herstory. Oh so secret ; Raising merry hell ; Redheaded witch ; It's raining men ; Girl boss ; Making herstory ; No outstanding weaknesses ; Who run the world? -- Spy school. A note on research (you'll need security clearance for this) ; Who's who: all the code names you could ever want ; Bonus: band of sisters: espionage sheroes of WWII
Subjects
- Hall, Virginia, 1906-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
- Women spies -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Spies -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature.
- Espionage, American -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- Women spies -- United States -- Biography.
- Spies -- United States -- Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.
- Espionage, American -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
- Goillot, Virginia, 1906-1982.
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- Women spies.
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- Spies.
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service.
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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- Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century.
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- Women -- Biography.
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