Book 19, by Helen Wells
Illustrated by ???
Grosset & Dunlap, 1957
(Reissued as The Clue of the Faceless Criminal, Tempo, Grosset & Dunlap, 1972)
"They seem to be plenty active right now," Cherry said, laughing. "I've already helped Dr. Lowell treat a skinned knee and hiccups. And, oh yes, I refereed a fast spelling bee. Loved it. I hope I'll do lots more than nursing."
--From Cherry Ames, Camp Nurse, pp. 3-4
Cherry joins the staff of a girls' summer camp in Pennsylvania, where she encounters a man who has been framed for a robbery at a New York loan company and unmasks the true culprit.
Chapter 1: Summer Begins
Chapter 2: A Puzzling Request
Chapter 3: P.E.P. Stands for Purdy
Cherry also strives to exonerate a man falsely accused of robbery in At Spencer.
Chapter 4: A Dance and a Scare
Chapter 5: The Second Move
Chapter 6: Faceless Clue
Chapter 7: Look Out for Trouble
Cherry is a nurse at Camp Blue Water for girls in Pennsylvania; in Clinic Nurse, Charlie is a counselor at Bluewater Boys' Camp near their hometown of Hilton, Illinois.
Chapter 8: A Lesson for Katy
Chapter 9: Strange Story
Chapter 10: Cherry Lends a Hand
Camp Nurse was issued in a digest-sized paperback edition, renumbered as book one, and renamed The Clue of the Faceless Criminal, in 1972; At Hilton Hospital, Island Nurse, and Rural Nurse were also published in paperback in 1972. The latter three books were again reissued in a rack-sized paperback edition in 1978.
Cherry Ames, Camp Nurse
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