"This work is adapted for young readers and is based on The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore, copyright 2017 by Kate More, published by Sourcebooks"--Verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391) and index.

Knowledge. First day ; Wartime warning ; All change ; The mysterious maladies of Mollie Maggia ; Girls wanted ; Mere coincidence? ; Radium games ; Strange symptoms ; "Something going on" ; Investigations underway ; Warning shots ; Lip, dip, paint ; Truth and lies ; Hoffman helps ; Making history ; Hope -- Power. The list of the doomed ; Dead end ; Until death do us part ; Make or break ; "Fraud of frauds" ; In the shadow of the church spire ; Back from the grave ; The trial of the decade ; On the stand ; "Far from finished in this fight" ; Settlement? ; The chill of fear ; Happy ending? ; Midnight machinations ; A cold, cold winter ; Time-bomb tumors ; A very big mistake ; The end of the adventure ; Brave until the last -- Justice. Conspiracy? ; "Very suspicious" ; Verdict ; Fighting back ; A desire for justice ; Legal champion ; A long and lonely fall ; Her day in court ; Too weak for tears ; Bedside hearing ; The society of the living dead ; One more day.

"Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice" -- Provided by publisher.

880L Lexile.

Nominee: Young Hoosier Book Award, 2022-2023: Middle grades (6-8)