This biography of Virginia Hall was quite interesting. She worked with the French underground during World War II. Although she did receive a medal, she is not anyone I had ever heard of. There was much that I learned about France during the war. Nancy takes a complex time period and makes it much more readable. She has a background page in several places which helps the reader with context. I found it very helpful. This isn't really a book for kids much below 5th grade because they probably don't know enough for it to make sense.
The first part of the book tells how Virginia Hall wanted to be an ambassador or a representative in the Foreign Service. Kids won't know what is coming, but I did. Of course she couldn't hold such a position since she wasn't a "Man" She seemed to get glorified secretary jobs with the Foreign offices. The United States blew her off when she offered her services as a spy so that is how she came to work for the British Intelligence.
There are 152 pages which is the perfect number to make a teacher happy and yet not so long as to make a student sad. Nancy Polette, a St. Charles author, has done a great job with this book.
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