The Girls of Atomic City
Age band: 15+
Looky Rating System: Violence 2/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 1/5, Language 1/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 2/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 1/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb. “The best kind of nonfiction: marvelously reported, fluidly written, and a remarkable story...As meticulous and brilliant as it is compulsively readable.