Jane Withers and the Hidden Room: An Original Story Featuring Jane Withers, Famous Motion-Picture Star as the Heroine

Jane Withers

by Eleanor Lewis Packer

When Jane Withers returns to boarding school at Holly Hall, the entire school in an uproar over the theft of jewels belonging to the head mistress. Jane and her roommate, Ellin Dwyer, are shocked and mystified when Jane discovers the stolen jewels in their own room!

251 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1942

Reviews

[Karen]

Silly plot, but fun anyway. My copy of this book was published in 1942 and given as a gift to “Marilyn from Ethel, Dec. 25, 1944”. Page 120 of this book is from a different book - “Smilin’ Jack” which was is also a Whitman book. Quite a surprise. Now I need to go find a copy of “Smilin’ Jack” to see if it has the missing page 120 from “Jane Withers and the Hidden Room”.

[Jane Irish Nelson]

Although the main character has the name of a child star, she appears to be an ordinary teenage schoolgirl. Returning to school a month late, she discover her friends all gaga over the new language professor, Paul Berthold. When the headmistress's diamonds are stolen, the mystery begins. The plot is rather obvious, but moves along quickly.