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Agent most wanted : the never-before-told story of the most dangerous spy of World War II / Sonia Purnell.
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
"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
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593350546
- ISBN: 0593350545
- Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a young readers adaptation of an adult book titled "A woman of no importance" also by Sonia Purnell"--Publisher |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Dindy -- Living with Cuthbert -- A chance meeting -- Facing the enemy -- Network of danger -- Marie the brave -- Exposed -- A pianist at last -- Mission impossible -- Hunted -- Infiltration -- Escape to Spain -- Burned -- Settling scores -- Betrayed -- To arms -- The village on the high plateau -- The Madonna of the mountains -- Leading -- The boat on the lake -- Survivors -- Home -- Behind the desk -- Epilogue: Remembered. |
| Target Audience Note: | 010+. Viking. 4-6. Viking. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 11 of 12 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Annie Halenbake Ross Library | J 940.54 Pur (Text)
Donated:
Gift from Friends of Ross Library
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00155062 | YOUTH Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Exeter Community Library | J 940.5486 PUR (Text) | 33249025344098 | Children's Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults 940.54 PUR Nonfiction (Text) | 34262000901179 | Main Room | Available | - |
| Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | J 940.54 PUR 2022 (Text)
Memorial:
In memory of Linda Kuhles Lellinger by Anne Schaller, 2022
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31001101863356 | Juvenile Non Fiction | Available | - |
| Meyersdale Public Library | J BIOGRAPHY 92 HALL (Text) | 30512005397797 | MEYM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| North Pocono Public Library | JUV 92 HALL (Text) | 50691010959489 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Orwigsburg Area Free Public Library | J 940.54 PUR (Text) | 3OAPL00076795V | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | J 940.5486 Pur (Text) | 33223008941030 | Children's Non-fiction | Checked Out | 04/23/2024 |
| Somerset County Library | J 940.54 PUR (Text) | 35907001759427 | SOCM Juv Non Fiction | Available | - |
| Spring Township Library | J 940.5486 PUR (Text) | 33249024591863 | Children's Non-fiction | Available | - |
