Mandie and the Midnight Journey

Mandie #13

by Lois Gladys Leppard

Mandie has mixed feelings when she returns home from boarding school to find a new baby brother. Her mother seems to be so wrapped up in the new baby that Mandie allows herself to wonder if her mother doesn't love her anymore. Feeling sorry for herself, Mandie packs her few belongings to leave, despite her Uncle Ned's advice.

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

160 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1989

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

[Lindsey (Books for Christian Girls) · Rating 3 out of 5]

About this book:

“Mandie has mixed feelings when she returns home from boarding school to find a new baby brother. Her mother seems to be so wrapped up in the new baby that Mandie allows herself to wonder if her mother doesn't love her anymore. Feeling sorry for herself, Mandie packs her few belongings to leave, despite her Uncle Ned's advice.”


Series: Book #13 in “Mandie” series. (To read the reviews of the previous books in this series, click the number to be taken to that review: #1! #2! #3! #4! #5! #6! #7! #8! #9! #10! #11! #12!) {There also is the “Young Mandie Mystery” series, (Book #1 review Here and Book #2 review Here!) but they do not connect together well}


Spiritual Content- 1 John 2:10 at the beginning; Many Prayers; A few Scriptures are mentioned and prayed; Church going; Talks about God & a Christian school; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; A mention of a Bible; A missionary/Reverend;
*Note: A couple mentions of spooks (ghosts).


Negative Content- Minor cussing including: three ‘stupid’s; Lots of jealousy & resentment; Tsa’ni is a bit mean to Mandie; Pain (up to semi-detailed).


Sexual Content- Polly has a crush on Joe; Dimar has a crush on Mandie; Mentions of boys & boyfriends.

-Amanda “Mandie” Shaw, age 12-13
P.O.V. of Mandie
Set in 1901
159 pages (also available in a collection with four other Mandie books.)

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Pre Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
New Teens- Four Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars
Mandie is not my favorite character in this book, to be very honest. She’s better by the end, thankfully, but it’s cringe-worthy to read Mandie being all jealous of her little brother and so unlike herself. I do have to say though, the next books coming up (the Europe ones) are more of my favorites in this series. ;)


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*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.

[Courtney Kleefeld · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why I wanted to read this book: this series is part of my childhood and I always liked the style of the book-covers and the characters and how there were scripture verses and lessons to be learned.
Years ago I collected as many of these books as I could and got to about twenty out of forty. My cousin gave me a few more books in the series recently and I sat down to read this one for the first time, and I read it in nearly one sitting.
Experience: Mandie's more selfish than I remembered, surprise surprise, but she's still relatable and it's realistic because of her backstory, and God's as patient with her as He is with me, and there's character development. I'm glad I read this book today.

[Josiah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a interesting one. Mandie is the biggest brat that she’s ever been, but her viewpoint is understandable to a certain point. Elizabeth’s is too. Mandie and the Midnight Journey also addresses a real issue back in the early 1900s, considering Native culture “heathen”. The characters work well together fixing it, and showing how education and culture can work well together. I originally was going to rate this 3 stars, but I’m adding another star because of the ending. It was SO relieving, heartwarming, if a bit cheesy.

[serena482* · Rating 3 out of 5]

My rating 3.5 :)

[Telisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perspective is everything.
In this book, Mandi comes home from boarding school to meet her little baby brother - who screams non stop.
Jealous, unhappy and feeling neglected Mandi runs away from home, heading to her Cherokee family instead. Once she reaches them, they, of course, turn her right around and take her home - tell her some harsh truths as they go.
Mandi grows up in this one.

[Julia Koehn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book. It was the first Mandie book I had read before, and I would like to read more Mandie books. Although, in this particular one I didn't quite like how selfish she was. She didn't like the fact that having a new baby brother would take away from the attention she got from her mother. In the end though she did fix things. Hopefully it will be different in the other ones.

[Audrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mandie's new baby brother cries all the time, and it drives her crazy. She decides to run away and live with her Cherokee relatives. While she is there, she meets with a missionary who wants to build a school for the Cherokees. She also attends the grand opening of the hospital for the Indians. She also needs to learn the lesson of dealing with jealousy and loving and accepting her new brother.

[Erin Cartwright · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've really enjoyed all the Mandie books thus far, but Mandie turns kind of dramatic in this one. After her mom told Mandie she was going to have a baby in book 11, Mandie gets upset and runs away. She just became really disobedient in this book.

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A classic example of why I should at least try to read this in order' as I know the baby's fatw.

But what I liked about this was it shows Mandie as a somewhat bratty yet well meaning preteen. Shea not incredibly awful and isn't fake perfect. Shes real. And I like that.

[Paige · Rating 5 out of 5]

i looooooved this one && riley o'neil

[Mindy Howell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of the Mandie series books this is probably my favorite!

[Vicki Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a typical fast-paced Mandie novel. Easy read for pre-teens. And of course, Mandie is fine in the end!

[Hayden Parrish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love it, but I don’t like the selfishness. And will she please make up her mind of which boy she likes?

[Zachariah Zeus Zarek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mandie is thee best.

[wanderer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I admit it: I am reviewing these books years after reading them. However, do not even suggest that I'm no longer qualified, that too many years have passed to remember. My battered and faded copies of these books testify to how many times I read them growing up and plots and entire passages are seared in my memory forever.

Snowball always ran away, Mandie always got in trouble, Uncle Ned always rescued her, and Joe and Tommy bristled at each other. I myself prefered Joe, but Tommy's cosmopolitan airs nearly tipped the balance a time or two. I recall- fondly and as though it were yesterday- my glee when Mandie went off to Europe, my disgust at the new baby, my delight in Mandie's wardrobe of sky blue frocks, my puzzlement at all her near escapes and handy school vacations, my terror during the daring midnight adventures. Ah me, to be young and silly again...

If I had written goodreads reviews at the age of eleven, all Mandie books would've received automatic five-star ratings and gushing descriptions. As an adult, I will honestly give them all three stars, except for my special pets. And if I ever have a little girl, I will buy her the entire set. Oh, and did you know there are more than forty books in the series by now? And I'm guessing Mandie never grows up, either.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Title: Mandie and the Midnight Journey
Author: Lois Gladys Leppard
Series: Mandie, 13
Format: ebook, bind-up
Length: N/A
Rating: 3 stars

Synopsis: Mandie has mixed feelings when she returns home from boarding school to find a new baby brother. Her mother seems to be so wrapped up in the new baby that Mandie allows herself to wonder if her mother doesn't love her anymore. Feeling sorry for herself, Mandie packs her few belongings to leave, despite her Uncle Ned's advice.

Favourite character: Riley
Least favourite character: Mandie

Mini-review: Man was Mandie a brat in this. I wanted to shake her a couple (make that a few) times. Also, I can't believe Elizabeth's letting her go to Europe after everything she did. Like I get that Mrs. Taft already paid for everything, but they should've sent Sallie or Polly or something.

Fan Cast:
Amanda "Mandie" Shaw - Emma Rayne Lyle
Elizabeth Shaw - Malin Akerman
Uncle Ned Sweetwater - Zahn McClarnon
Riley O'Neal - Domhnall Gleeson
Dr. Woodard - Gideon Emery
John Shaw - Robert Downey Jr.
Joe Woodard - Diego Velazquez
Liza - Genneya Walton
Polly Cornwallis - Nikki Hahn
Morning Star Sweetwater - Irene Bedard
Grandmother Taft - Meryl Streep
Mrs. Woodard - Danica McKellar
Celia Hamilton - Sadie Sink

[Panda Incognito · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mandie gets jealous of her new baby brother and decides to run away. When I was the target age and a huge, wildly misguided fan of the series, I thought this book was terrible, was disgusted with Mandie's selfishness and bad choices, and couldn't wait for the book to be over. I can't even imagine how much I would hate it if I reread it now.

[F · Rating 2 out of 5]

Juvenile fiction published by Bethany House ... Amanda "Mandie" Shaw, soon to be 13 years old, is extremely jealous of her newborn brother. Her action for this jealousy was to run away and go live among her dead father's people, the Cherokee. Are her feelings and actions justifiable?

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Mandie books are fun Christian mysteries for children, but I still love reading them. Even though she doesn't age very quickly and seems to get far too many breaks from school during the year, she's a lot of fun.

[Alta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much better written than the first book in the series. Writing style more focused, more descriptive and engaging. Book more appropriately adapted to the target age group, but the text is still too small.

[Partridge Public]

Leppard, Lois G. PB

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute. All the Mandie books are just cute and suitable for little girls who like old-fashioned adventure.

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved it when I was 11. I don't know about it now.

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[Charity · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this!

[Jordyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

the first one i read my aunt has read all of the books

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hmm...let me think...Okay, AWESOME!

[Twyla · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite part was when mandie started to like he new baby. The worst part was when mandie ran away. My favorite character was mandie. There was no worst character. Auryn 10 years old, 2014

[Kari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun adventure with some emotional baggage even if indigenous rep isn’t great

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an awsome book!