"Mandie and The Angel's Secret" by Lois Gladys Leppard

About this book:

  “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? What of the night appearance of the angel in Mandie's room?”


Series: Book #22 in “Mandie” series. (To read the reviews of the previous books in this series, click the number to be taken to that review: #1! #2! #3! #4! #5! #6! #7! #8! #9! #10! #11! #12! #13! #14! #15! #16! #17! #18! #19! #20! #21!) {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- Luke 22:43 at the beginning; Prayers & Thanking God; A couple Scriptures are mentioned, quoted & prayed; Talks about God, angel, quilt & punishment; ‘H’s are capital; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers & thanking God; Mentions of (guardian) angels, seeing one & peace; A couple mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; A couple mentions of blessings;

*Note: a couple mentions of an angel of death.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘stupid’ and three ‘shuck’s; A couple mentions of eye rolling; A few mentions of Mandie’s bad attitude towards her little brother when he was born; Mentions of fevers, near death & deaths (barely-above-not-detailed); A few mentions of drowning (barely-above-not-detailed); A few mentions of lies & lying; A few mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of pain.

Sexual Content- Hand holding & Embraces (Joe is just trying to show his concern for Mandie); Mentions of Mandie’s promise to Joe about marrying him if he gets back her childhood home; A few mentions of Polly’s flirting & great interest in Joe; A couple mentions of being interested in someone; A couple mentions of Jonathan acting like a flirt; A mention that decent boys don’t go calling on a girl in her bedroom; A mention a blown kiss; A mention of Polly trying to act hard-to-get with Joe.

-Amanda “Mandie” Shaw, age 13
                                   P.O.V. of Mandie

                                              Set in 1901
                         160 pages (also available in a collection with three other Mandie books.)

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My personal Rating-

Not my favorite Mandie book, but there is quite a bit of Spiritual Content which is, of course, good! ;)

See y’all on Monday 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.