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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"1944: Fiona Denning has her entire future planned out. She'll work in city hall, marry her fiancé when he returns from the war, and settle down in the Boston suburbs. But when her fiancé is reported missing after being shot down in Germany, Fiona's long-held plans are shattered. Determined to learn her fiancé's fate, Fiona leaves Boston to volunteer overseas as a Red Cross Clubmobile girl, recruiting her two best friends to come along. There's...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
His prospects improved by job opportunities at an Oklahoma plant where the world's largest bomber is being constructed, a disabled man earns the first comfortable income of his life and befriends a group of women who have had to leave their families behind to work at the plant.
5) Glow
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
London, November 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Henrietta Bird from Woman's Friend magazine, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake as she takes on the challenge of becoming a young wartime advice columnist. Her relationship with boyfriend Charles (now stationed back in the UK) is blossoming, while Emmy's best friend Bunty, still reeling from the very worst of the Blitz, is bravely looking to the future. Together, the friends are...
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, women in Minnesota-like women across the country-made bold, unconventional, and important contributions to the war effort. They enlisted in all branches of the military and worked for the military as civilians. They labored in factories, mines, and shipyards. They were also tireless peace activists, and they worked to relocate interned Japanese American citizens and European refugees. They served as cryptologists, journalists,...
Author
Series
Red Cross orphans volume 2
Publisher
One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As the Second World War rages on, nurse Kitty Pattison's life takes a nomadic turn as her work with the Red Cross sees her traversing the country, moving from post to post. With her best friends Jo and Trixie also scattered across the UK, and her soldiersweetheart Michael off on the continent undertaking medical missions he can't discuss, the war takes its toll and long days are followed by sleepless nights interrupted only by nightmares of what she's...
12) Wartime musicals
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Biography of the musical composer, playright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan; with the onset of another war, a son takes on his father's legacy of entertaining the troops; two movie producers and a singer recruit talent for a wartime charity show; two soldiers on sick leave enjoy performances by a cavalcade of stars at a service men's club.
13) The war
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Author
Series
Red Cross orphans volume 3
Publisher
One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After five long years of endless warfare, Red Cross nurse Kitty Pattison has seen her share of heartbreak and loss. And now, with her beloved fiancé Dr Michael McCarthy recuperating from a head injury across the ocean in Canada, and her dear friends Trixie and Jo scattered to the four corners of the war effort, it’s harder than ever to battle through the heavy-hearted moments that mark the passing days. But as she tends to the lost and wounded,...
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