TY  - BOOK
AU  - Demetrios,Heather
TI  - Code Name Badass: the true story of Virginia Hall 
SN  - 9781534431874
AV  - D810.S8 G5973 2021
U1  - 940.54/8673092B 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
KW  - Hall, Virginia,
KW  - Women spies
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Spies
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Secret service
KW  - Underground movements
KW  - France
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Espionage, American
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Europe
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Ages 14 and Up; Atheneum Books for Young Readers
N2  - "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"--
ER  -