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Mandie and the Buried Stranger by Lois Gladys Leppard Review

Happy Friday Everyone :)

I hope you're all had a great week, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess.

I've been continuing my reread of the Mandie series by Lois Gladys Leppard, and I thought it would be fun to review another one of these titles for you all today.

Mandie and the Buried Stranger by Lois Gladys Leppard:



Source: Library

Publisher: Bethany House 

Publication Date: June 1st, 1999

Genre: Middle Grade/Christian Fiction

Series: Mandie


Synopsis:

It's spring break from the Misses Heathwood's School for Girls, and Mandie can't wait to get home and see her friend Joe Woodard. When he left on the train to go to college after the Christmas holidays, he yelled something out the train window that she couldn't hear, and she's been anxious to find out what it was ever since.

But when Mandie and Joe get together, she becomes shy around him and doesn't understand why. Then while they are one their way to see Sallie Sweetwater, they discover a huge pile of mica and no one knows who moved it there. It's an even bigger mystery when the whole mound totally disappears the next day. Who would do such a thing, and why? And who has been stealing wagons? Are the two related?

Will Mandie ever find out what Joe said from the train?
 



(synopsis from goodreads)




My Review:

The Mandie books were some of my absolute favorites growing up, and I've really been enjoying my reread of the entire series. You come to expect certain things whenever you pick up a title from this series, and I'm rarely disappointed.

In Mandie and the Buried Stranger, Mandie travels with her Uncle John to visit her good friend Joe Woodard and his family for a few days. Wherever Mandie goes, mysteries and antics are sure to follow, and this lovely title is no exception.

Something strange is going on in Mandie's beloved hometown, and she's determined to get to the bottom of it. Mica is found in random piles on a property where no mica mine is anywhere near, and then it disappears shortly thereafter. Some of Mandie's Cherokee relatives have also had their wagons go missing, with no reasonable explanation as to why. Mandie's also concerned about the whereabouts of Mr. Jacob Smith. She's determined to get to visit him at her father's house during this stay with the Woodard's, but he's uncharacteristically disappeared. No one has seen him, or has any idea of his whereabouts, and soon Mandie's questioning if his disappearance could possibly be connected to the missing mica and the missing wagons.

The Mandie books are truly delightful Christian children's mysteries that I can't recommend enough, even this many years later! This particular title is one of my favorites as the reader gets to return to Deep Creek with Mandie, and once again see Mandie reunited with Sallie, Joe, Uncle Ned and Dimar. The mystery is intriguing, and keeps the reader guessing right through until the end, and of course, Snowball is up to his good old mischief making like always.

There's some of my favorite childhood books that haven't seemed as amazing when I've reread them as an adult, but I'm happy to say that that is not the case with the Mandie series. I continue to enjoy these lovely mysteries, and I can't wait to introduce them to my nieces and nephews in the near future.

Final Rating: 4/5

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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