Mandie

The Mandie series of books are a popular series written by the late Lois Gladys Leppard from 1983 to 2006, intended for children ages 8 – 12 years old. More than 7 million copies have been printed of the Mandie series. There are forty books in the main series along with several special books. The story takes place around the year 1900, when Mandie is 11 years old. In "Mandie and the Secret Tunnel" she turns 12, but the Bryson family doesn't care and sadly she doesn't get to celebrate her 12th Birthday. In every book she finds a mystery to solve along with her good friends Joe Woodard and Celia Hamilton.