The Radium Girls: Young Readers’ Edition

The Radium Girls: Young Readers’ Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781728209487,172820948X

Product detail:

• ISBN 10: 172820948X
• ISBN 13: 9781728209487
• Author: Kate Moore

Explore the unbelievable true story of America’s glowing girls and their fight for justice in the young readers edition of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Radium Girls. This enthralling new edition includes all-new material, including a glossary, timeline, and dozens of bonus photos. Amid the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young women spend their days hard at work painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. The painters consider themselves lucky—until they start suffering from a mysterious illness. As the corporations try to cover up a shocking secret, these shining girls suddenly find themselves at the center of a deadly scandal. The Radium Girls: Young Readers Edition tells the unbelievable true story of these incredible women, whose determination to fight back saved countless lives. This new edition of the national bestseller is perfect for: Educators looking for history books for kids ages 9 to 12, nonfiction books for kids, biographies for kids, and real stories around the industrial revolution, chemistry, and science Parents, educators, and librarians looking for stories about strong women, inspiring books for girls, childrens books about women in history, and famous women books for girls Young readers who want to read one of the most inspiring and shocking narratives of the early 20th century.

Table of contents:

1. Part One: Knowledge
2. 1. First Day
3. 2. Wartime Warning
4. 3. All Change
5. 4. The Mysterious Maladies of Mollie Maggia
6. 5. Girls Wanted
7. 6. Mere Coincidence?
8. 7. Radium Games
9. 8. Strange Symptoms
10. 9. “Something Going On”
11. 10. Investigations Underway
12. 11. Warning Shots
13. 12. Lip… Dip… Paint
14. 13. Truth and Lies
15. 14. Hoffman Helps
16. 15. Making History
17. 16. Hope
18. Part Two: Power
19. 17. The List of the Doomed
20. 18. Dead End
21. 19. Until Death Do Us Part
22. 20. Make or Break
23. 21. “Fraud of Frauds”
24. 22. In the Shadow of the Church Spire
25. 23. Back from the Grave
26. 24. The Trial of the Decade
27. 25. On the Stand
28. 26. “Far from Finished in This Fight”
29. 27. Settlement?
30. 28. The Chill of Fear
31. 29. Happy Ending?
32. 30. Midnight Machinations
33. 31. A Cold, Cold Winter
34. 32. Time-Bomb Tumors
35. 33. A Very Big Mistake
36. 34. The End of the Adventure
37. 35. Brave Until the Last
38. Part Three: Justice
39. 36. Conspiracy?
40. 37. “Very Suspicious”
41. 38. Verdict
42. 39. Fighting Back
43. 40. A Desire for Justice
44. 41. Legal Champion
45. 42. A Long and Lonely Fall
46. 43. Her Day in Court
47. 44. Too Weak for Tears
48. 45. Bedside Hearing
49. 46. The Society of the Living Dead
50. 47. One More Day

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