Book Titles
Mandie and the Secert Tunnel
Mandie Shaw, almost a teenager, is certain God no longer loves her as she watches her father being lowered into his grave. Her mother's remarriage compounds her grief. Her only comfort is the promise from her father's faithful Cherokee friend, Uncle Ned, to watch out for her and be a friend.
Mandie and the Cherokee Legend
A mysterious legend among the Cherokee people told of long-lost gold, hidden for centuries by an Indian chief. Would it truly bring a curse upon the white men who found it? Mandie was willing to risk the possibility in order to solve the mystery.
Mandie and the Ghost Bandits
A gold shipment, a train wreck on a moonlit night, and a gang of robbers disguised as "ghosts" are all part of this suspense-filled adventure!.
Mandie and the Forbidden Attic
What can be causing the mysterious noises in the school attic? How can they find out without getting into more trouble? Mandie's investigation leads to a very surprising discovery!
Mandie and the Trunk's Secret
In her last adventure, Mandie and her best friend have discovered a mysterious old trunk in the attic of their boarding school. A set of old letters includes some important and exciting information. Though warned that uncovering the past can be dangerous, Mandie and her friends refuse to give up.
Mandie and the Medicine Man
A Cherokee superstition seems to have come back to haunt Mandie and her friends the gold they discovered has been donated to build a new hospital, but something or someone is tearing down the walls as fast as they can be built. The guard posted to watch the site is knocked out, tied up andn blindfolded.
Mandie and the Charleston Phantom
On a trip to a friend's ocean-front beach house, Mandie encounters what appears to be a "phantom" rising into the air and then falling into the water. She decides to investigate, and along the way learns some important lessons about friendship and jealousy.
Mandie and the Abandoned Mine
Uncle John has 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. Returning the next day, the dress is gone! What will Mandie and Joe find during their next exploration of the mine!
Mandie and the Hidden Treasure
This new adventure finds Mandie studying the old treasure map they had discovered at the end of Mandie and the Abandoned Mine. Few people living in the area now remember the events surrounding the mysterious map, and the markings on it don't seem to make any sense. Notations for "Hezekiah's House," "Rock Pile," "Persimmon Tree" the pieces just don't work.
Mandie and the Mystery Bells
When the bells in the steeple of the big downtown church in Asheville suddenly begin ringing at the stroke of midnight, Mandie and her friends have a new mystery to investigate. The unscheduled bells and bizarre writings on the outside walls of the church have the townspeople upset. Mandie determines that whoever is vandalizing the house of the Lord must be discovered and brought to justice. But her zealous investigation only gets her in trouble; and when an influenza outbreak occurs in the town, many people are only too ready to blame it on the strange happenings at the church.
Mandie and the Holiday Surprise
For Mandie the excitement of going home for the Christmas holiday was almost too good to be true. To be with her family, to see her friends, the wrapping of presents, the Christmas tree and all the delicious smells--time couldn't go fast enough.
Mandie and the Washington Nightmare
Mandie accepts President Taft's invitation to the White House, and is convinced she sees the ghost of George Washington, who's been dead for over 100 years. The nights that follow she sees him again in different places.
Mandie and the Midnight Journey
Ever since Mandie's mother told her she was going to have a baby, the thought of having to share her mother with a brother or sister has caused problems for her. When she arrives home these troubling thought become even stronger. And the baby never stops crying!
Mandie and the Shipboard Mystery
Grandmother Taft, Celia, and Mandie are given a big send-off as they board the Queen Victoria bound for Europe. Traveling on the ship with them is Senator Morton. His attentions keep Mrs. Taft distracted to the point where she slightly neglects Celia and Mandie a situation guaranteed to mean trouble. The girls meet some unusual people on board, and even find someone in their room when they return to it one night. Candy and fruit disappear from their cabin, and someone's valise turns up under their settee. Then comes the real surprise!
Mandie and the Foreign Spies
Mandie, Celia, Mrs. Taft and Senator Morton arrive in London and take Jonathan along with them. A strange telegram is waiting for Mandie and a message left at their hotel speaks of adventure. They decide to deliver Jonathan to his aunt in Paris, but they are unable to find her when they arrive.
Mandie and the Silent Catacombs
Mandie and her group have gone on to Italy and go sightseeing into the catacombs. They become separated in the huge caverns which are lit by candles here and there. While Mandie, Celia, and Jonathan are alone in one section, a robed and hooded figure snuffs out at the candles and leave them alone in the silent darkness...
Mandie and the Singin Chalet
When Mandie, Celia, Jonathan, Mrs. Taft, Senator Morton and Uncle Ned leave Italy, they know that the house they are traveling to in Switzerland is surrounded with mystery. The very ancient, very large chalet they will stay at has unusual things going on that no one has been able to figure out.
Mandie and the Jumping Juniper
Mandie, Celia, Jonathan, Uncle Ned, Mrs. Taft, and Senator Morton travel to Germany and visit the castle of a baroness. On the property is a very old and large juniper tree that mysteriously is said to "jump" and no one knows why. Solving the mystery of the jumping tree makes for a great adventure.
Mandie and the Mysterious Fisherman
Traveling through Europe in the summer of 1901, Mandie and her group arrive in Antwerp, Belgium, where they plan to visit art museums as well as do sightseeing around the beautiful city. Mrs. Taft has made it clear that there are to be no more adventures like, Mandie, Celia and involved with in France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. But what are Mandie and her friends to do when adventure discovers them? Who would believe that a seemingly abandoned fishing boat has strange sounds coming from inside?
Mandie and the Windmill's Message
In Holland, Mandie and her friends visit the port at Delfshaven--where the Pilgrims departed in
1620. After learning all about windmills and how the positions of the blades can be used to signal messages, Mandie and her friends embark on a mystery that could affect the Royal family's reputation!
Mandie and the Fiery Rescue
Traveling on to Ireland, Mandie and her friends visit a Belfest linen mill where a fire breaks out. Learning that a little girl is trapped in the mill, Mandie ignores her grandmother's protests and rushes in to rescue the child. After the fire, a strange woman delivers an urgent message that causes the group to plan a trip home.
Mandie and the Angel's Secret
The summer of 1901 had been a great adventure for Mandie and Celia as they traveled through Europe with Jonathan, Mrs. Taft, Senator Morton, and Uncle Ned. But Mandie's grandmother had suddenly decided to cut the trip short while they were in Ireland. Through the tears of saying goodbye to Jonathan, Mandie couldn't help but wonder why they needed to go home so soon. No one tells Mandie why they're returning to America or of the mystery involved. But she returns home to a house full of strangers. Mandie must try to solve the mystery who are these people from her past?
Mandie and the Dangerous Imposters
With only a few days left of her summer vacation, Mandie goes for a short visit with Uncle Ned and his granddaughter, Sallie. But before leaving, Mandie receives a message that Tsa'ni, a Cherokee boy who is always stirring up trouble and playing tricks on others, wants to see her. Sallie says it's really important. When Mandie arrives, Tsa'ni is nowhere to be found, and she discovers that her Uncle Wirt has disappeared as well. Dimar, another Cherokee friend of Mandie's, tells her of strange diggings going on in the mountains nearby. Could the two mysteries be connected?
Mandie and the Invisible Troublemakers
Adventure and trouble break out when Mandie returns to the Misses Heathwood's School for Girls in Asheville. The Misses Heathwood are trying to sell their school, but Mandie fears the idea of a new headmistress. If she can only convince Grandmother Taft to buy the school...but where is Grandmother? School begins and, starting with a sticky mess in the front hallway, Mandie is blamed for a host of things that go wrong. But who's behing all the trouble? April Snow again? And Snowball doesn't help matters. He gets Mandie into even more trouble every time he runs away.
Mandie and Her Missing Kin
Mandie and Snowball return to Swain County, North Carolina, to visit her friends, Dr. Woodard and his son, Joe. Back in her father's home territory, Mandie gets a chance to visit her father's old log cabin where the two of them had lived before he died. The cabin appears deserted, but Joe and Mandie notice smoke rising from the chimney--and glimpse a face peering from behind a curtain.
Mandie and the Schoolroom's Secret
Mandie had been glad when her grandmother bought the building that housed the Misses Heathwood's School for Girls, and now Mrs. Taft is behind all the modernization of the school. With the installing of electricity and a furnace, workers had made holes everywhere, running pipes and wires through the floors, the walls, and the ceilings. Celia and Mandie find that their room has a big hole in the floor and another one in the wall. What were the scary noises in the night? Did Celia really see what she thought she saw? And when Snowball disappears, do they dare search where they think he's gone?
Mandie and the Courtroom Battle
Mandie's stepmother comes to town and files papers that she claims is a will Mandie's father made, giving her the house at Charley Gap. But Mandie has papers that declare her as having the rights to the house. Who has the legal document? And how will the judge make his decision without more evidence?.
Mandie and Jonathan's Perdicament
Mandie couldn't have been more excited when her mother said she could travel to New York City with Celia and Jane Hamilton to visit Jonathan Guyer and his father for the Thanksgiving holidays. Arriving by train with a firm grip on Snowball, Mandie is overwhelmed by the city's monstrous buildings and people racing everywhere. When Mr. Guyer insists that they stay at the Guyer mansion, it's even better because now they'll be close to Jonathan. But there are strange things going on at Jonathan's house. Who is the strange girl who demands that Jonathan give her the stray dog they found in the Guyer backyard? And who is the foreign-speaking man whom Mandie discovers meeting in secret with the butler? What's really going on behind all theclosed doors of the mansion?
Mandie and the Unwanted Gift
Mandie is excited about going home for Christmas, but she hasn't told her grandmother that she invited Jonathan Guyer and his father to visit them during the holidays. Will Mrs. Taft be angry with Mandie because she doesn't get along with Mr. Guyer? And Mandie hasn't told Joe that Jonathan is coming, and the two boys haven't gotten along well either. Will Joe be upset with Mandie? Then on a dark, cold night a mysterious gift is left on the doorstep of the Shaw house with an anonymous note attached that reads, "For Mandie." The box has fancy gift wrapping on the outside, but inside is what appears to be a childish jumble of holly and dirt and ribbons. Whatever could it be?
Mandie and the Long Goodbye
With the Christmas holidays over, the news suddenly breaks that Joe Woodard is being considered for college and must take the train out of Mandie's hometown. But not before a going-away party that leads Mandie and her friends into another exciting mystery.
Mandie and the Buried Stranger
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?
Mandie and the Seaside Rendezvous
Mandie and Celia travel with Mrs. Taft to visit Senator Morton in his hometown of St. Augustine, Florida, which is the oldest city in the United States. Among the senator's many servants is a man named Juan, who can't hear or speak. Mandie feels there is something sinister about the man, and his mysterious ways give her and Celia plenty of reasons to be concerned. Why is someone sneaking into the girls' wardrobe and rearranging their clothes? Did Mandie and Celia really see the strange woman, Miss Lucretia Wham, from the top of the lighthouse on Anastasia Island? And why do even grown-ups in St. Augustine believe in ghosts?
Mandie and the Dark Alley
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