Lois Gladys Leppard

Mandie's reading book is missing. Her good friend Joe carries her books to and from school, but he doesn't have it. She doesn't dare tell her parents, and there is no bookstore in Charley Gap. The search is on. Will Mandie's book turn up, and where? Includes a craft project for young readers.

Mandie's visit to President McKinley's White House is interrupted by visions of George Washington who's been dead for over one hundred years!

A collection of tales featuring Mandie, an orphan, and her friends as they solve mysteries together in turn-of-the-century North Carolina.

While they're in Ireland, Mandie's grandmother suddenly decides to cut their European tour short. Through the tears of saying goodbye to Jonathan, Mandie can't help but wonder why they need to go home so soon. Then she returns home to a house full of strangers. Mandie must try to solve the mystery—who are these people from her past?

When a fire breaks out in an Irish mill, Mandie risks her life to save a little girl trapped inside. And if that isn't exciting enough, the strange woman who has followed them all over Europe makes another surprise appearance! Will they finally learn who she is?

Someone is going through Mandie's and Celia's rooms and Mandie's graduation dress is missing.

What can be causing the mysterious noises in the school attic? How can Mandie and her friends find out without getting into trouble? Ages 8-13.

Mandie Shaw, almost a teenager, is certain God no longer loves her as she watches her father being lowered into his grave. Mandie's move into a neighbor family's home, when her mother remarries, does not soften her grief. Her only comfort is the promise from her father's faithful Cherokee friend, Uncle Ned, to watch out for her and be a friend. Will Mandie be able to escape her new and nearly intolerable home situation? Will she find her long-lost family? Will the mysterious key unlock the door to the secret tunnel and her own family's history? For children 8-13, mystery adventures set in the North Carolina backwoods at the turn of the century.

Strangers digging in the mountains, and the disappearance of Mandie's uncle and a Cherokee boy lead Mandie to a new mystery.

Visiting a friend at his parents' beach house in Charleston, Mandy tries to solve the mystery of a ghostly apparition and learns a lesson about jealousy.

When she finds herself in charge of the Christmas Eve skit, Mandie, with Joe's help, tries to remind everyone of the holiday's true meaning by secretly gathering all the town's orphans and giving them parts in the play as well as a home in the church basement. Also includes a script version of the story with stage directions.

Introduces recipes for dishes as they were prepared at the turn of the century, including corn pudding and southern fried chicken, through the story of Mandie learning cooking from her Aunt Lou.

In Antwerp, Belgium, a priceless painting has been stolen from a museum. Mandie thinks she spotted the thief, but can she catch him without getting in trouble? And why are there strange sounds coming from a rundown fishing boat?

Mandie's favorite teacher, Miss Hope, has gone missing.

A Cherokee superstition seems to have come back to haunt Mandie and her friends the gold they discovered has been donated to build a new hospital, but something or someone is tearing down the walls as fast as they can be built. The guard posted to watch the site is knocked out, tied up and blindfolded. Will Mandie be able to find her friend Joe? Will Mandie and Sallie be rescued from their kidnappers? Will Mandie learn her lesson about jumping to conclusions? From a reader: 10 bucks says she doesn't!!!!

Mandie arrives home for spring break with a mystery already in progress. She is determined to find out who is hiding in the dilapidated house on the Shaw property. Ages 8-13. Mandie book 34.

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