Circus Debut

by Kathryn M. Pearce

In Circus Debut, Isabel Blossoms and her somewhat perplexing Grandma are on an adventure-filled trip to St. Cloud, Minnesota, where they plan to attend a popular play entitled Polly of the Circus. While on a tour of the St. Germain Theatre, Isabel befriends Sylvia who acts the part of Polly in the play. Isabel soon learns that Sylvia and several of the other cast members are entangled in numerous mysterious events. While solving the mysteries of the circus, Isabel and Grandma become part of the play as they participate in the unusual, thrill-packed circus parade. Isabel's curiosity and Grandma's witches' chants and magic herb throwing lead to interesting discoveries which resolve the mysteries for the playgoers and performers.

120 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 2015

About the author

Kathryn Pearce has been doing extensive genealogical and historical research for families for the past fifteen years, preparing numerous research reports for individuals and indexing many historical records for familysearch.org.

What started out as an interest in family history has turned into a passion. Kathryn loves to make the genealogical data in the family histories come to life by providing the stories that can be attached to the names in the research reports.

As a child she grew up on the family farm near Henning, Minnesota. After high school, she attended the University of Minnesota where she obtained her master’s and specialist degrees. For more than thirty years she taught high school and college students and facilitated curriculum development in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She currently lives in Cold Spring, Minnesota. However, she still enjoys staying at the family retreat in her home town.

Her many teaching and facilitating experiences taught her that book lovers appreciate exciting, interesting stories. Her biographical stories and her historical novels take the readers on many fascinating journeys.

She recently wrote several biographical stories that are featured in Heroes in the Family Fight for War Pensions. The book focuses on the ancestors of Amherst Douglas Wait and takes readers back to the 1600s when Amherst's ancestors helped settle Plymouth Village.

She also writes the middle grade Minnesota Young Impressions Series: Jake's Big Game, Minnie's Big Move, Val's Big Escape, Al's Big Haul, Emily's Big Scare and Isabel's Big Lesson. Each of these books is the result of research about families in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

All of the books are available from Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com as well as from other book retailers.