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Moe Berg

spy catcher
Some people call him the smartest baseball player of all time. Moe Berg could speak twelve languages and make up signs on the ball diamond. How did this major league catcher go on to become an American spy in World War II?.
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Code name: Lise

the true story of World War II's most highly decorated woman
"The extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
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Chains

After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
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Carve her name with pride

the story of Violette Szabo
2011
"Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo who was born in Paris in 1921 to an English motorcar dealer, and a French mother. She met and married Etienne Szabo, a captain in the French Foreign Legion in 1940. Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Tania, her husband died at El Alamein. She became a FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) and was recruited into the SOE and underwent secret agent training. Her first trip to France was completed successfully even though she was arrested and then released by the French Police. On June 7th, 1944, Szabo was parachuted into Limoges. Her task was to coordinate the work of the French Resistance in the area in the first days after D-Day. She was captured by the SS Das Reich Panzer Division and handed over to the Gestapo in Paris for interrogation. From Paris, Violette Szabo was sent to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp where she was executed in January 1945. She was only 23 and for her courage was posthumously awarded The George Cross and the Croix de Guerre"--Publisher description.
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Operation GARBO

the personal story of the most successful spy of World War II
2011
The autobiography of Juan Pujol Garci?a that focuses on his life during World War II, when he was a double agent for the Allies under the codename GARBO, while the German's believed him to be their spy, codenamed ARABEL.
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Dark divide

2018
"Nadia Riley and her team are back for another semester at Desert Mountain Academy, the covert CIA training school, where Nadia finds herself in ex-recruit and traitor Damon Moore's deadly sights"--Provided by publisher.
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The spy who played baseball

2018
A biography about Moe Berg, a Jewish major league baseball player who became a spy for the United States government during World War II.
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Spy school goes south

2018
Thirteen-year-old spy in training Ben Ripley is sent to Mexico to try to thwart the evil organization, SPYDER--the CIA's main enemy.
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Spy ski school

a Spy school novel
Twelve-year-old Ben's unexpected success outside the classroom causes the CIA to activate him for a mission to become friends with Jessica Shang, daughter of a suspected Chinese crime boss.

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