Code Name Badass

Heather Demetrios’s 2022 biography recounts the life of Virginia Hall, an Allied spy who worked behind enemy lines. The book presents her espionage work as a dangerous undertaking and identifies Hall as a key Allied operative. It draws on research to tell the story of a woman working during wartime, with danger and courage central to the account. Atheneum Books for Young Readers published this 384-page book.