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For children 8-13, mystery adventures set in the North Carolina backwoods at the turn of the century.Tags
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Mandie and the Abandoned Mine - Review
In Mandie and the Abandoned mine, Mandie and her friend explore her uncle John's old mine. But when Joe and Mandie disobey her mother's rules, they find themselves in more trouble than ever imagined.
E.H.
Pequea Library Reviewer (07/08/2025)
In Mandie and the Abandoned mine, Mandie and her friend explore her uncle John's old mine. But when Joe and Mandie disobey her mother's rules, they find themselves in more trouble than ever imagined.
E.H.
Pequea Library Reviewer (07/08/2025)
Mandie and her friend Joe explore her Uncle John's old mine at Rose Creek. However, their curiosity about some strange occurrences at the mine soon lead them into danger.
Uncle John had received an offer to buy his old mine at Rose Creek. But he promises to not sell it until Mandie and her friend Joe have had a chance to see it. Exploring a deserted farmhouse near the mine, they discover a fancy new dress hanging on the wall. Retuning the next day, thee dress is gone! What will Mandie and Joe find during their4 next exploration of the mine! Their next trip to the mine finds the entrance boarded up. Caught up in the intrigue, Joe and Mandie disobey her mother’s warnings and fall prey to great danger!!
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Lois Gladys Leppard (1924 - October 5, 2008) was the author of The Mandie Series of children's novels. As of 2004 there were forty Mandie books. The heroine lives in North Carolina in the early 1900s and encounters adventure and solves mysteries with help from her friends, family, and pet cat, Snowball. These young reader novels are meant to teach show more morals as well as be fun and captivating stories to read. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Mandie and the Abandoned Mine
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- Mandie Shaw; Uncle John Shaw; Dr. Woodard; Joe Woodard; Uncle Ned; Dimar Walkingstick (show all 14); Liza; Sallie Sweetwater; Celia Hamilton; Grandmother Taft; Aunt Lou; Hilda Edney; Mrs. Woodard; Elizabeth Taft Shaw
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- Franklin, North Carolina, USA
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