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Sue Barton, Student Nurse
Sue Barton, Student Nurse | Helen Dore Boylston
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This is the story of Sue Barton's first year of training as a probationer and then as a student nurse. Sue, with her red hair and eager spirit, is a very likable person - direct, outspoken, capable of mistakes, capable also of warm attachments and a courageous devotion to the service which she soon loves. With her pals, Kit and Connie, she submits to the discipline and rigorous training which are required of every good hospital nurse. Her love of humor gets her in and out of several scrapes: she tumbles into the laundry chute; she tries to defend her fellow student from the inevitable hazing; she gets into an amusing pickle with an Italian patient who speaks no English. Her warm heart and delightful spirit make friends for her among the patients and even win the occasional approbation of the stern staff. Her femininity has more than a casual effect on Dr. Barry, the ablest of the young interns. Sue's student years are alive with color and incident: the tests which she must pass to win her cap; the mistakes, very human in themselves, which almost ruin her career; her struggle with a delirious patient, a struggle which tries her courage to the utmost; Christmas in the hospital, when the entire staff comes together for one spontaneous celebration. Whether or not a reader has the ambition to become a nurse, she will find in this story a true picture of the training school of a great hospital and a heart warming friendship with a fun, joyous young woman.
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Sue Barton, Student Nurse | Helen Dore Boylston
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Oh, this is going to date me!

1. I loved reading. I begged to go to the library.
2. Beverly Hillbillies, Saturday Night at the Movies—this was long before cable, much less Netflix.
3. The Kennedy assassination
4. Tagged was first of a series I remember, but, other than this series, Nancy Drew, and of course Little Women, it‘s too long ago to remember many.
#MiddleGradeMarch #MGMS

8little_paws I am younger than you are (My middle grade years were dominated by grunge and the Rodney King riots) but isn't it wild to think about how back in my generation, and your generation, there wasn't really much of a “middle grade“ or “young adult“ genre of books? From what I recall it was basically “kids books“ and “adult books“. 4y
Lynnsoprano @8little_paws The children‘s room at our local library (which was in the basement) had a shelf that was essentially YA, and I wish I could recall what it was labeled. But there was no such thing as middle grade. We went to junior high for 7 to 9, before going to the senior high our sophomore year. 4y
sblbooks Thanks for playing! 4y
8little_paws @lynnsoprano you're the only other person I've met that went to high school for just 3 years instead of 4! Where I live currently the kids generally go to a k-8 school then high school from 9-12. Sometimes it's split k-6 and then a different school for 7-8 but mostly k-8. 4y
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