Background
Mandie's full name is Amanda Elizabeth Shaw. She was born on June 6, 1888 and grew up in a log cabin in Swain County, North Carolina, with her beloved father Jim Shaw, her stepmother Etta, and her stepsister Irene. Mandie knew nothing about her family background until her father, Jim died. Mandie was soon sent away to live with the Brysons, a racist family to take care of their new baby son named Andrew. Then her father's Cherokee best friend Ned Sweetwater came to take her away from her over bearing step mother and the family who treated her cruelly. Mandie, Uncle Ned, and several Cherokee warriors escorted Mandie to the home of her rich uncle John Shaw, who Mandie had never heard about before.
Mandie is soon reunited with her birth mother, Elizabeth in Macon County, North Carolina in a town called Franklin, North Carolina and learns the truth about her history. Mandie's paternal grandmother was Cherokee. Mandie meets many new friends among the Cherokee people. On one occasion she finds a cave with gold that belonged to a Cherokee warrior, Tsali. In 1901, Mandie goes to a girl's boarding school in Asheville, North Carolina. The school is strict, but Mandie doesn't care about bending the rules when there is a mystery to solve!
In College Years, Mandie and her friends attend college in Charleston, South Carolina.
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