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(0)Kate Moore
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Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously...
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Language
English
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"1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Language
English
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1860: Elizabeth Packard's husband, Theophilus, feeling threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts, has her committed to an insane asylum. The conditions in the asylum are horrific. But most disturbing is that many other rational women have also been committed not because they need treatment, but were instead conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices are ignored. No one is willing to fight for...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Young readers' edition.
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
xvii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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 luckyuntil 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 tells the unbelievable true story of these incredible...
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Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Berkley Sensation mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"They are the 'Sons of sin'--three brothers whose mother is an infamous London courtesan. Though Xander, Will, and Kit may not be legitimate in the eyes of the aristocracy, their mother made sure that they each received a gentlemen's education and knew how to make their way in the world-- The youngest of the Jones brothers, Kit, has just been made the Marquess of Daventry--heir to his vengeful grandfather, the Duke of Wenlocke. As Daventry, Kit is...