Mary
By: by Nelia Gardner White.
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Company
Published: 1925
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
First sentence: Mary Humphreys stood on the parsonage steps.  The wind swept her bronze curls across her face, hiding the tears in her gray eyes.
Description: The first in a series of novels depicting the young lives of the four Humphrey children, Matt, Marjorie, Mary and Harlo.  Their father is a Methodist minister who has recently been transfered to a new church in Stoney Jericho.  The story tells how the children adapt and thrive in their new surroundings, often making a difference in the lives of friends and neighbors they come to know.
Notes: Excellent reading for teens!