Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II

This young readers adaptation tells the story of Virginia Hall, an American spy who worked behind enemy lines during World War II. Using her intelligence and a prosthetic leg, Hall was sent to France, where she supported resistance to Nazi occupation. The Gestapo regarded her as a dangerous Allied spy. Sonia Purnell’s account traces Hall’s role in the war and the work she carried out despite a time when women were often not taken seriously.