Project Gutenberg 2016-12-14 Public domain in the USA. 158 Vandercook, Margaret 1876 1958 Vandercook, Margaret O'Bannon Womack The Red Cross Girls in Belgium Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "The Red Cross Girls in Belgium" by Margaret Vandercook is a historical fiction novel written in the early 20th century. The story features a group of four American Red Cross nurses—Eugenia, Barbara, Mildred, and Nona—who are engaged in humanitarian efforts during World War I. The narrative explores their courageous experiences as they navigate the complexities of war-torn Belgium, focusing on their individual stories, challenges, and relationships while they try to provide care for vulnerable civilians and soldiers. At the start of the book, the four girls have already spent months working in British trenches and southern France before arriving in Belgium. Their initial experiences are described in vibrant detail, including their interactions with a local countess, their differing personalities, and the development of friendships and tensions among them. As they confront the harsh realities of war—such as witnessing the plight of innocent Belgian people—each character struggles with personal dilemmas, such as Eugenia’s mysterious past, Barbara's loyalty to her friends, and Nona's quest to uncover her mother's history. The opening sets the stage for a profound exploration of sacrifice, friendship, and the human spirit in the face of adversity amid the backdrop of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en War stories Young women -- Juvenile fiction Nursing -- Juvenile fiction Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Juvenile fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction Belgium -- Juvenile fiction Participation -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 307932 2025-07-21T11:07:42.911315 text/html 290473 2024-10-23T01:30:49 text/html 362751 2025-07-21T11:07:47.469266 application/epub+zip 364847 2025-07-21T11:07:43.654374 application/epub+zip 169955 2025-07-21T11:07:43.265299 application/epub+zip 477652 2025-07-21T11:07:50.608268 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441825 2025-07-21T11:07:47.050278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247554 2022-09-24T12:23:19.531966 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275039 2025-07-21T11:07:42.402268 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 255150 2024-10-23T01:30:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18768 2025-07-21T11:07:50.740222 application/rdf+xml 26796 2025-07-21T11:07:43.356266 image/jpeg 4512 2025-07-21T11:07:43.312292 image/jpeg 329422 2025-07-21T11:07:42.957280 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia