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Helen Wells

Author profile

born

March 29, 1910 in Danville, Illinois, The United States

died

February 10, 1986

gender

female

website

http://www.netwrx1.com/CherryAmes/helenwells.html

genre

Children's Books

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Original name: Helen Weinstock. Social worker turned full-time young adult writer, born in Illinois but moved with family to New York City when she was seven. In 934 Wells graduated from New York University [where she'd been the first female ediitor of the literary quarterly], with a major in philosophy and a minor in sociology and psychology.

During World War II, she served as a volunteer with the State Department's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, escorting Latin American visitors in the United States.

Author of Cherry Ames, Nurse books, a series for young teens.

She was also the author of the Vicki Barr books, about a young mystery-solving flight attendant. And, as Francine Lewis, she penned the short-lived Polly Frenc...more

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Books by Helen Wells

Average rating: 3.73 · 2,860 ratings · 163 reviews · 58 distinct works

	Cherry Ames, Student Nurse (Cherry Ames, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 1942 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Army Nurse (Cherry Ames, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1944 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Senior Nurse (Cherry Ames, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1944 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Chief Nurse (Cherry Ames, #4) 3.79 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1944 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Flight Nurse (Cherry Ames, #5) by Helen Wells, Harriet Schulman Forman (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1945 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Visiting Nurse (Cherry Ames, #8) 3.77 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1946 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Private Duty Nurse (Cherry Ames, #7) 3.69 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1945 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Cruise Nurse (Cherry Ames, #9) 3.82 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1948 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Veterans' Nurse (Cherry Ames, #6) 3.70 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1945 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Cherry Ames, Camp Nurse (Cherry Ames, #19) 3.70 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1956 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by Helen Wells

Cherry Ames (27 books)
by Helen Wells

3.73 avg rating — 2,676 ratings

Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess (16 books)
by Helen Wells (creator), Julie Tatham, Julie Campbell

3.48 avg rating — 108 ratings

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