Unexpected Undercover

Forty Fearless Female Spies

James Bond, step aside! Sydney Taylor Honorwinning author and Emmy-winning journalist Elisa Boxer presents the stories of brave women spies throughout history in this action-packed middle-grade collection, illustrated in full-color

Cracking codes, donning disguises, smuggling secret messages, intercepting military transmissions, sabotaging enemy strongholds, parachuting behind enemy linesthe 40 women spies discussed in this profusely illustrated book harnessed their courage and risked their lives to help fight for causes they believed in.

• A judges wife uses laundry on her clothesline to send secret messages, helping General George Washingtons army win the Revolutionary War.
• An abolitionist builds an elaborate spy ring deep in enemy territory, enlisting former slaves to transmit military intelligence and help Union prisoners escape from Confederate jails.
• A New Zealand hou