Glow / Megan E. Bryant.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman and Company, 2017Description: 248 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780807529638 (hardcover)
- 080752963X (hardcover)
- 9780807529645
- 0807529648
- 9780807529652
- 0807529656
- Families -- New Jersey -- Fiction
- Painting, Modern -- Fiction
- Radiation -- Fiction
- Factories -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Letters -- Fiction
- New Jersey -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Watch dial painters -- Juvenile fiction
- Radium paint -- Toxicology -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Women -- Juvenile fiction
- Painting -- Fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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YA Book
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Main Library | YA Fiction | Bryant, Megan | Available | 33111008857357 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017 Selection
Lydia is thrilled to join the working girls in the factory, where they paint luminous watch dials for the soldiers fighting in World War I. In the future, these girls will be known as the tragic Radium Girls: factory workers not only poisoned by the glowing paint, but who also had to fight against men who knew of the paint's deadly effect. One hundred years later, Julie, whose life is on hold after high school, becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious antique paintings she finds in a thrift store. When she discovers their hidden-and increasingly nightmarish-glowing images, Julie is determined to learn more about them. As Julie's obsession mounts, truths about the Radium Girls-and her own complicated relationships-are revealed. Can she uncover the secrets behind the paintings before she puts herself and everyone she loves at risk?
"When thrift-store aficionado Julie discovers a series of antique paintings with hidden glowing images that are only visible in the dark, she uncovers a century-old romance and the haunting true story of the Radium Girls"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-256).