Mary K Pershall
Personal Information
Description
Mary K. Pershall was born and grew up in Iowa, in the mid-west of the United States. She lived there until 1974, when aged 23, she emigrated to Melbourne, Australia as part of an airlift of teachers. From 1977 to 1987, she worked as an editor on children's magazines Comet, Pursuit and Challenge. is notable for her Two Weeks in Grade Six trilogy, which also includes the titles A Term in Year Seven and Escape from Year Eight. Her best known book is You Take the High Road, published in 1988, a novel for children set in contemporary Australia.It is listed in WorldCat as being held in 490 libraries.It has been translated into Dutch as Beelden van Nickie.Pershall is also responsible for the Ruby Clair series, which depicts a 12-year-old girl's struggle to juggle a normal life with the ghosts she can see, and has co-authored a number of novels with her daughters. -Wikipedia
Books
Forever the Dream (California #2)
Northern California, 1878. Monterey was the golden land where Major Jeremy Morgan built a flourishing empire and made his vast fortune. Where, basking in the luxuiant glow of prosperity, he and his wife Ariana raised their children. Hamilton....A vision of spiritual perfection hounded him, drove him to the edge. Luke...The shrewd young lawyer fought many battles-and clashed headlong with his land-owning father. Elaine...Jeremy's pride, the toast of Monterey. Leaving behind a shattered dream of love, she followed her pioneering heart, determined to call the land her own. California Series: Behold the Dream Forever the Dream (#2)
Behold the Dream (California #1)
Behold the glory of dreams, the thrall of desire, the triumph of destiny... California, 1844. A land of golden opportunity, as wild and free as the raging Pacific shores. Lt. Jerey Morgan had come to this sun-drenched paradise hoping to entire its people into the Union. But...there was resistance to the handsome Yanqui's mission. And there was Ariana Saldivar-the beautiful, willful niece of California's most powerful Don-the one woman who could capture Morgan's soul...and change the course of history. California Series: Behold the Dream (#2) Forever the Dream (#1)