A book with the name of an element from the Periodic Table in the title

[Emily]

This one is a little bit tricky at first glance, but there are plenty of options!

Recommendations:

By the Shores of Silver Lake - Laura Ingalls Wilder (middle grade)
The Golden Compass - Phillip Pullman (middle grade/teen)
The Radium Girls - Kate Moore (teen/adult)
Black Gold - Marguerite Henry (middle grade/teen)
Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik (teen/adult)
Neon Pilgrim - Lisa Dempster (adult)

[Laura]

I got The Radium Girls for Christmas....how perfect!

[Katrina]

My husband is insisting that I read "Blood and Gold" by Anne Rice for this prompt. I'm not sure though.

[Laura]

I finished The Radium Girls. It was highly fascinating and also emotional. It was amazing how the companies these girls/women worked for blatantly kept safety information from them. The aftermath of the cleanup from these companies was still going on in 2015! (The incidents happened beginning in the 1920's).

[Nikki]

I, also, read The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore. I agree with Laura - so many emotions! Rage at the companies, care and respect for the women and their families, anger at the lying doctors.

[sara]

My mom raved about The Golden Compass, so I’ll be picking up that book next!

[Brittany]

Sara wrote: "My mom raved about The Golden Compass, so I’ll be picking up that book next!"

Oh that is a good one! Enjoy! :)

[Laura]

I read Radium Girls, as well.