Copyright © 2019 by Don Mitchell

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mitchell, Don, 1957– author.

Title: The lady is a spy : Virginia Hall, World War II hero of the French resistance / by Don Mitchell.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019. | Audience: Ages 12 and up. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018037755 | ISBN 9780545936125

Subjects: LCSH: Goillot, 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.

Classification: LCC D810.S8 G59 2019 | DDC 940.54/8673092 [B]—dc23

First edition, March 2019

Cover photos: passport portrait and background: courtesy of Lorna H. Catling; plane: © karlovserg/Shutterstock; back cover: courtesy of the CIA Museum.

Cover design by Mary Claire Cruz and Keirsten Geise

e-ISBN 978-0-545-93656-9

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