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Mandie and The Courtroom Battle by Lois Gladys Leppard Review

Hello Everyone :)


I hope you're all having a great week, and that you're looking forward to the weekend.


Do you have any fun plans this weekend? Mine mainly revolve around working, but I am looking forward to curling up with a couple of exciting ARCs I currently have from NetGalley.


I've mentioned before on my blog that I adored the Mandie books growing up. Yet somehow, I've never reviewed any of them on my blog before today. I decided that definitely needed to change, and so when I finished rereading another Mandie title this past weekend, I knew I needed to share about it with you all.


Mandie and the Courtroom Battle by Lois Gladys Leppard:




Source: Library

Publisher: Bethany House

Publication Date: November 1st, 1996

Genre: Christian Fiction/Middle Grade


Synopsis:

Etta Shaw, Mandie's stepmother, has been the source of unending problems for Mandie. And when Etta comes to town to file papers she claims are a will that Mandie's father made giving her the house at Charley Gap, it appears that a courtroom battle is about to take place.

But Mandie has papers that declare her to have the right to the house that she loves so much. Who has the true legal document? Could Mandie's father have changed his mind and made a new will? And when it's discovered that Mandie's will has been stolen or hidden, how will they ever be able to prove that Mandie has any legal right to the house?

Where is Mandie's will? How will the judge decide?



(synopsis from goodreads)



My Review:

The Mandie series was one of my favorites while I was growing up. Last year, I decided to embark on a mission of rereading every title in this series, and I'm continuing on with doing so this year. Whenever you pick up a Mandie book you expect that a mystery will appear no matter where Mandie finds herself, that Snowball will gets in eons of mischief, and that a vibrant secondary cast of Mandie's friends and family will make the story that much more interesting.

In Mandie and the Courtroom Battle, Mandie is once and for all going to find out the truth about who owns her late father's house at Charley Gap. Ever since coming to live with her mother and her uncle, Mandie's wanted to someday get the house she grew up in back into her possession, and this is the closest she's ever come to doing so. However, a mystery emerges when important papers surrounding the estate disappear, and Mandie's stepmother and her new husband seem to be mixed up somehow in the occurrence. Mandie's determined with the help of her friends and family to get to the bottom of the mystery, and she won't stop until she does.

While I wouldn't consider this to be one of my favorite Mandie titles, I did really enjoy the fact that it mixes her life at Charley Gap with her life in Franklin. It was interesting to see grandmother Taft's first visit to Swain Country, and to find out more of the reasons between the gap that existed between Mandie's father and the rest of his family.

This continues to be one of my top recommend series for young girls, and I'm definitely feeling nostalgic as I reread all of these titles as an adult. Mandie will always hold a special place in my heart, and I hope to share these titles with future generations for Mandie's stories to live on.

Final Rating: 3/5

It's not my favorite Mandie title, but I enjoyed it nevertheless.


Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)


This is not a sponsored post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The photo does not belong to me, and all rights to the respective owners. 

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