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Cherry Ames, Island Nurse

Book 21 original and revised covers

Book 21, by Helen Wells
Illustrated by ???
Grosset & Dunlap, 1960
(Reissued as
Mystery of Rogue's Cave,
Tempo, Grosset & Dunlap, 1972, illustrated by ???;
and 1978, illustrated by "R. Hicinbotham"?)

She turned the knob and the door swung open, with a creak of rusty hinges. Beyond was darkness, except for the patch of light in front of the doorway and the flashes of lightning, which brightened for an instant the tower room.

--From Cherry Ames,
Island Nurse, p. 123

When Cherry takes a private duty case on a remote Canadian island, she discovers intrigue and danger involving a smuggling ring and a secret silver mine.

Chapter 1: A Call from Dr. Fortune
Chapter 2: The Three from the Plane
Chapter 3: Sir Ian Barclay
Chapter 4: Lloyd
Chapter 5: Meg
Chapter 6: Balfour Island
Chapter 7: Island Nurse
Chapter 8: The Sea Cave
Chapter 9: The Man on the Hill
Chapter 10: A Meeting in St. John's
Chapter 11: The Storm
Chapter 12: The Secret in the Tower
Chapter 13: The Wreck
Chapter 14: The Silver of the Mine

Original cover illustration from Cherry Ames, Island Nurse, copyright © 1960, Grosset & Dunlap.
Revised cover illustration from Cherry Ames, Mystery of Rogue's Cave, copyright © 1972, Tempo, Grosset & Dunlap.
Revised cover illustration by "R. Hicinbotham"?, from Cherry Ames, Mystery of Rogue's Cave, copyright © 1978, Tempo, Grosset & Dunlap.