“Bringing together rigorous research and a vibrant writing style” (School Library Journal), Code Name Verity meets Inglourious Basterds in this riotous, spirited biography of the most dangerous of all Allied spies, courageous and kickass Virginia Hall.
When James Bond was still in diapers, Virginia Hall was behind enemy lines, playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Hitler’s henchmen. Did she have second thoughts after a terrible accident left her needing a wooden leg? Please. Virginia Hall was the baddest broad in any room she walked into. When the State Department proved to be a sexist boys’ club that wouldn’t let her in, she gave the finger to society’s expectations of women and became a spy for the British. This boss lady helped arm and train the French Resistance and organized sabotage missions. There was just one problem: The Butcher of Lyon, a notorious Gestapo commander, was after her. But, hey—Virginia’s classmates didn’t call her the Fighting Blade for nothing.
So how does a girl who was a pirate in the school play, spent her childhood summers milking goats, and rocked it on the hockey field end up becoming the Gestapo’s most wanted spy? Audacious, irreverent, and fiercely feminist, Code Name Badass is for anyone who doesn’t take no for an answer.
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Print ISBN
9781534431881
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Map of the Height of Axis Domination
- Map of Nazi-Occupied France
- Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It
- Part One: The Making of a Secret Agent
- Part Two: Making Herstory
- 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
- Acknowledgments and High Fives
- About the Author
- Endnotes
- Selected Bibliography: (aka Your New TBR Pile)
- Index
- Copyright