"Mandie and The Ghost Bandits" by Lois Gladys Leppard

About this book:

  “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!

  Will Mandie and her friends be able to unravel the mystery of the missing gold?

  Join Mandie and her friends on another exciting adventure!”


Series: Book #3 in “Mandie” series. (Read #1’s review Here! Read #2’s review Here!) {There also is the “Young Mandie Mystery” series, (Book #1 review Here and Book #2 review Here!) but they do not connect together well}

Spiritual Content- Acts 30:35 at the beginning; Talks about God & trusting Him; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Prayers; A few Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, and prayed; Uncle Ned referrers to Heaven as the “happy hunting ground”; Tsa’ni does not believe in God.

*Note: Mentions of spooky ghosts.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, a ‘dumbhead’, and a form of ‘shut up’; A tiny bit of sarcasm; A mention of tobacco juice; Blood (barely-above-not-detailed).

Sexual Content- Noticing handsome boys and beautiful girls (Dimar thinks Mandie is beautiful & Joe gets jealous); Mandie tries not to be jealous when Polly is talking/flirting to Joe; Joe intends to marry Mandie when they’re grown & calls Mandie he future wife; Mentions of Irene & her boyfriend.

-Amanda “Mandie” Shaw, age 12
                                             P.O.V. of Mandie

                                         Set in 1900
                              126 pages (also available in a collection with four other Mandie books.)

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My personal Rating-

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I’ll always have a special place in my heart (& bookshelf) for this series! Since I’m older now, though, I’m noticing a few grammar things and it can be a bit corny, but it’s still sweet. :)

 *See my thought on this series versus the younger series, Here!

See y’all on Wednesday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.