Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross

A primary character, Doctor Gys, is killed on the battlefield.

References to battlefield wounds and the medical needs of soldiers, but described in the mild tone of the period's young adult literature.

Mild, period-appropriate language.

Implicit values of the era, but no significant religious focus.

Light and not the focus of the narrative.

Combat, battlefield danger, frightening conditions, and exposure to wounded soldiers create sustained tension for the young protagonists.

The protagonists confront wartime violence and battlefield conditions; injury and combat are important, though descriptions are described as mild.