Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross

Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross is a 1915 young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It is the tenth and final volume in Baum's Aunt Jane's Nieces series of books for adolescent girls the second greatest success of his publishing career, after the Oz books themselves. As with all the previous books in the series, Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross was released under the pen name "Edith Van Dyne," one of Baum's various pseudonyms.

Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross
First edition
AuthorL. Frank Baum
(as "Edith Van Dyne")
IllustratorNorman P. Hall
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAunt Jane's Nieces
GenreYoung adult fiction
PublisherReilly & Britton
Publication date
1915; 1918
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages256 pp. (1915)
288 pp. (1918)
Preceded byAunt Jane's Nieces Out West 

The book is noteworthy in Baum's canon for its expression of his views and feelings on World War I.

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