The Mandie Collection, Volume 7

The Mandie Collection #7

by Lois Gladys Leppard

Mandie enthusiasts and new Mandie fans will love volumes seven and eight of the MANDIE COLLECTION, following Mandie and her friends through the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and beyond, from her home in North Carolina to New York City to Florida. Volume seven includes "Mandie and the Courtroom Battle "(#27), " Mandie and Jonathan's Predicament "(#28), " "and" Mandie and the Unwanted Gift "(#29).

Genres: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Christian, Christian Fiction, Childrens

382 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2011

About the author

Lois Gladys Leppard was the author of the Mandie series of children's novels. Leppard wrote her first Mandie story when she was only eleven and a half years old, but did not become a professional author until she was an adult. Leppard has also worked as a professional singer, actress, and playwright. At one time, she and her two sisters, Sybil and Louise, formed a singing group called the Larke Sisters.
There are forty Mandie books in the main series, an eight-book junior series and several other titles. Leppard said that she could write a Mandie book in two weeks, barring any interruptions.
The eponymous heroine lives in North Carolina in the early 1900s, encountering adventure and solving mysteries with help from her friends, family, and pet cat, Snowball. These young reader novels are meant to teach morals as well as be fun and captivating stories to read. Leppard stated that her books contain "nothing occult or vulgar", and Mandie is depicted as a faithful Christian. The Mandie books often deal with issues of discrimination and prejudice relating to race (particularly with regard to the local Cherokee), class, and disability.
Lois Gladys Leppard based some of the incidents in her Mandie books on her mother's experiences growing up in North Carolina. The dedication in the first book is: "For My Mother, Bessie A. Wilson Leppard, and In Memory of Her Sister, Lillie Margaret Ann Wilson Frady, Orphans of North Carolina Who Outgrew the Sufferings of Childhood".

Reviews

[Paige · Rating 5 out of 5]

these books are so great!! even though the love triangle is uhhh a little more than annoying..

[Makenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

An awesome book! My favorite collection yet!

[Carolyn Scheidies · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am getting back into these books because when the earlier books were released my kids were in elementary school and I read lots of books to them. Mandie books were some of those books. My daughter and son both enjoyed them. We were excited to buy the next book as it was released. Kids grow up. Now I can get volumes of three book per book and "catch up" with Mandie's life. I have kids in the family to whom I can pass on the books.

[Taryn Spearey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book. Mandie is one of my favorite fictional characters. She has a lot of friends that live in different places. When she invited the Guyers without her mother's permission, I thought that was wrong of her to do. I want to know why Mandie's grandmother doesn't like Mr. Guyer.