Cherry Ames, Senior Nurse by Helen Wells

Readers who love classic stories will find much to delight them in Cherry Ames.Ĭherry Ames: Senior Nurse admittedly loses a bit of the charm from the first book, since Cherry is in her third year of school now and she feels much more assured in her career. Rather, she is a young woman who sometimes makes mistakes, but who tries hard and ultimately finds her way. Cherry is no Nancy Drew, static and perfect.

(This book was first published in 1944.) But the Cherry Ames books have a vivid, realistic feeling that make them still relevant today.

Cherry Ames is a nurse and her series trumpets the nobility of nursing as a calling, to inspire readers to sign up to help the war effort. Joe's formula.Springer Publishing Company is delighted to be bringing Helen Wells's beloved heroine back into print for a new generation of younger readers (as well as a host of nostalgic older ones).The Cherry Ames books are a classic example of a “girls series”–books featuring young women who taken on more independent roles as teenage sleuths or perhaps career women. But how did word of it become common knowledge around Spencer? Cherry discovers that Mildred has more to her than she thought as together they face the dangerous thieves who have stolen Dr. Joe Fortune has discovered a new way to synthesize penicillin - which could make a life or death difference on the battle front.

Why did her probie have to be dull and sullen Mildred Burnham? Dr. But the children had enjoyed it so! As lofty seniors, Cherry and her friends each adopt a probationer (first-year student) to mentor. Series editor and registered nurse Harriet Forman was inspired by, and remains a devoted fan of, Cherry Ames I was going to follow in her footsteps and become a nurse-nothing else would do.In Senior Nurse, Cherry realizes that a senior really must be a little more sober and responsible - perhaps she should have warned the head nurse right away about the rabbit that had been smuggled into the pediatric ward. With fully illustrated color covers and a soft-finished hardcover format just like the originals, these books will transport you back to the days when you were reading about this spunky young nurse. Cherry Ames is back, just as you remember her! The books are just as you remember them, retaining the same look, feel, and sense of adventure and patriotism as when they were first published.

Cherry Ames, Senior Nurse by Helen Wells