The Mandie Collection, Volume 3

The Mandie Collection #3

by Lois Gladys Leppard

Whether they're meeting Mandie for the first time or rereading her adventures for the tenth time, readers young and old will love solving mysteries and learning valuable life lessons with Mandie and her friends as they travel to London in Mandie and the Foreign Spies and to Washington in Mandie and the Washington Nightmare. Three other exciting books round out the third volume of the Mandie five-in-one series: Mandie and the Holiday Surprise, Mandie and the Midnight Journey, and Mandie and the Shipboard Mystery.

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

608 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1990

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

[Malgorzata · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book and I enjoyed reading it very much. Each of Mandie's adventures is interesting and reader can learn from it, watching Mandie growing and maturating. I recommend these book for people of all ages.

[Natalie Colby · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing

Where ever Mandie goes mystery follows her .
This book is really amazing because the writer makes you really care about mandie.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mandie and the Midnight Journey was sentimental nonsense and I loved it.

The rest were various degrees of mediocre & average. Leppard starts to stretch the bounds of belief in the books about Mandie's European trip, as it makes no sense that Mandie could traipse around Europe with a kitten and no one bats an eye.

[Eunice Or · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing Story

With Amanda traveling all around can put you in a beautiful imagination.With exciting plot twists and newfound adventures!You never really now what is going to happen next.It is one of the best thriller I have ever read.This collection is one of its kind!

[Taryn Spearey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mandie is always getting into trouble. Will she ever learn?

[david wolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love

I loved this book and I love that u can buys this in Kindle and it's not even that expensive .

[Margaret Chind · Rating 5 out of 5]

[Micky · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is like Nancy Drew, but a lot older!

[Peanutfeldbusch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great books! Hope I can read more. These are some of the few book that my mom and I both enjoy.