The Girl at Jungle's Edge Author:Cora Cheney Cent tried hard, but she couldn't help being a little jealous of the new captain's daughter, who was so slim and sophisticated and whom everyone admired so much. It was jealousy that made her taunt Elizabeth into making that fatal leap when she obviously didn't want to-- the leap that brought Elizabeth crashing to the ground in a funny twisted ... more »position...
Cent learns from this dreadful experience and Elizabeth readily forgives her. The two girls quickly become fast friends, as they try to unravel the mystery of the strange bearded doctor who appeared, apparently from nowhere, at the time of the accident, and as suddenly disappeared again. Why was he hiding in the jungle? Who was the lovely little girl at Jungle's Edge? Could she be his daughter--and was he perhaps a deserter?
Together Cent and Elizabeth cut through the tangle of misunderstanding and half-forgotten events that has obscured the past, in an absorbing, fast-paced mystery for girls. Carol Wilde's illustrations point up the humor, the pathos, and the excitement of the plot.« less