Mandie books by lois gladys leppard
Baker Publishing Group
About
Relive exciting mysteries and learn important life lessons with Mandie and Snowball and the whole gang. Be part of the adventurous series that has sold over six million!
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel
When Mandie's father dies, his Cherokee friend provides comfort, and a secret tunnel reveals Mandie's family's history.
Mandie and the Cherokee Legend
Mandie investigates a Cherokee legend about long-lost gold and whether it will bring a curse to the men who find it.
Mandie and the Ghost Bandits
Mandie and her friends unravel the mystery of missing gold after a late-night train wreck and some "ghostly" robbers.
Mandie and the Forbidden Attic
Mandie explores the mysterious noises in the school attic, and the outcome is a surprise to everyone!
Mandie and the Trunk's Secret
An old trunk containing potentially dangerous papers from the past intrigues Mandie and her friends.
The Author
Lois Gladys Leppard
Lois Gladys Leppard (1924-2008) worked in Federal Intelligence for thirteen years in various countries around the world before she settled in South Carolina. The stories of her own mother's childhood as an orphan in western North Carolina are the basis for...
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Lois Gladys Leppard
American children's novel author
Lois Gladys Leppard (1924 – October 5, 2008) 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".
Books
The Mandie Series
Main article: Mandie
The Lily Adventures
- Secret Money (1995)
- Suspicious Identity (1995)
Film
A straight to DVD movie based on some of the books in the Mandie series was released on September 22, 2009. The first movie, titled after the first book of the series, Mandie and t American children's book series For other uses, see Mandie (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Mandy. The Mandie books are a children'shistorical mystery series written by Lois Gladys Leppard. There are forty novels in the main series and eight in the junior series, along with several special books. The story starts around the year 1900 when Mandie finds a mystery to solve with her friends like Joe Woodard and Celia Hamilton. The setting is mostly in North Carolina in the early 20th century, although Mandie and her friends travel to Charleston, Washington, D.C., Europe and New York City throughout the series. The series was successful; by 2001, more than six million Mandie books had been sold. Leppard said that she could write a Mandie book in two weeks, barring any interruptions. A direct-to-video film based on the first book, Mandie and the Secret Tunnel, was produced in 2009, starring Lexi Johnson and Dean Jones. Mandie was born on June 6, 1888, and grew up in a log cabin in Swain County, North Carolina, with her beloved father Jim Shaw, her stepmother Etta, and her stepsister Irene. She knew nothing about her family background until her father died. Mandie was soon sent away to live with the Brysons to take care of their baby son. Then her father's old friend, Ned Sweetwater, a Cherokee, came to take her away from the family who treated her cruelly and escorted her to the home of her uncle, John Shaw, who Mandie had never seen. In Mandie and the Secret Tunnel, Mandie is reunited with her birth mother, Elizabeth, in Franklin, North Carolina. She learns the truth about her history that her paternal grandmother was Cherokee. Mandie is proud of her Cherokee heritage, and Mandie soon meets many new friends among the Cherokee people. However several times throughout the series she meets people who tease her because she is part Native American. Many of the books in .Mandie
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