The first four books in the Cherry Ames series are back in print, published by Springer Publishing Company.
Apparently, many people, upon reading them, decided to join the nursing profession. Mind you, that was between 1943 and 1968. when these books first came out.
I bet Kim was the first one to order the new reprints (although I bet she still keeps her old originals somewhere around the house). My wife is ordering her set today.
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