Mandy
by Julie Andrews Edwards
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Read in April, 2007
Of all the books I have read this has to be at the very top of my list. As you can see the short summary tells little but then again it tells a lot. This is a truly amazing book, Mandy is a young orphan who wishes to have her own little spot. As Mandy lives longer and longer in the orphanage she realizes that she is more and more distant from the other children. She feels seperated from the other children-but is also seperated by something else. There is a wall seperating her in the orphanage an...more
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My FIRST favorite book!! It was this book that created my love for reading.Ten-year-old orphan, Mandy, feels like she has nothing of her own, and almost lost among the other thirty children at the orphanage.She dreams of having her very own place, where she can spend time quietly by herself, and where she'll feel as if she belongs. So when she climbs over the large, stone, orphanage wall to explore the outside world, Mandy is ecstatic to find a lonely little stone cottage, hidden among the fores...more
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Read in January, 1989
recommends it for:
Little girls everywhere.
Okay, I have to admit that this was my absolute favorite book in elementary school. I must have read it five times. It was one of the bigger lower level readers, and as such a little intimidating at the time, but the story is so good I remember soaring through the pages. Julie Edwards (a.k.a., the-hills-are-alive Julie Andrews) writes the story of Mandy, an orphan who rejecting the life she's been given at St. Martin's Orphanage, steals away to the near-by "woods on the other side of the st...more
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recommends it for:
anyone who likes the kind of book where the orphan gets adopted
Ten-year-old Mandy feels lost among the thirty children who live in the old stone orphange. She dreams of a home of her own, a place where she belongs. When Mandy climbs over the high orphanage wall to explore the outside, she is lucky enough to find a tiny deserted cottage hidden in the forest. With a few "borrowed" items, the cottage becomes a refuge. To guard her secret, Mandy even lies - but when she falls terribly sick, no one knows where she is. No one, that is, except for a spec...more
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This was my very favorite book as a child. I probably read it at least a dozen times. I loved it!
A few years ago I loaned it to a friend who was down for awhile after surgery. When she returned it to me she kind of just shook her head and said, "You might want to rethink that one." I was sad. Not that she would dismiss it, but that she couldn't read it with the eyes of a 10-year-old girl who would eat up every word. It also makes me sad when we judge our 10-year-old selves through ...more
A few years ago I loaned it to a friend who was down for awhile after surgery. When she returned it to me she kind of just shook her head and said, "You might want to rethink that one." I was sad. Not that she would dismiss it, but that she couldn't read it with the eyes of a 10-year-old girl who would eat up every word. It also makes me sad when we judge our 10-year-old selves through ...more
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Julie Andrews Edwards of Mary Poppins fame grew up to be an author. Who would have thought? This charming, lovely tale is very reminiscent of The Little Princess or The Secret Garden. Mandy, an orphan, one day peeks over the orphanage wall to discover a seemingly abandoned cottage and is soon embarking on an adventure that will enthrall readers young and old. Mandy, Ms. Andrews-Edwards 2nd novel, is a beautifully written, joyous story.
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Read in January, 1982
greatly reinforced, enhanced and inspired my passion for forest fort-building as a child, which i have certainly not lost as an adult. rereading the book as an adult provides a slightly different perspective on a child's way of coping with hardship and discovering her identity.
a classic. i read it first when i was 8, but children up to 14 will enjoy it. it is kind of ageless and timeless.
a classic. i read it first when i was 8, but children up to 14 will enjoy it. it is kind of ageless and timeless.
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Read in February, 2008
I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. I read Julie Andrews Edwards book The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles, and liked it a bit better than this one. I guess I was glad that everything worked out in the end, but was not particularly impressed with Mandy as a heroine. I think Ms. Edwards, in an effort to make Mandy real, made her harder to like in some ways.
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I read this book waaaay back. My mom was dying and it gave me comfort to read this book because in the end she did find love. There was something magical about her finding the cottage.I always wanted to have a little place like that of my own. To this very day, even though I am now grown , with grown kids of my own, that is my favorite book and memory from a sad time in my life!
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Read in January, 1974
recommends it for:
girls ages 8-12
This is my favorite children's book. I read it when I was eight, and it was the perfect book for me. Mandy is an orphan who finds an abandoned cottage and makes it her special place.
My parents bought it because it was on a list of books for kids who had been adopted, as I was.
Girls who liked The Secret Garden will like this, too, and this is an easier read.
My parents bought it because it was on a list of books for kids who had been adopted, as I was.
Girls who liked The Secret Garden will like this, too, and this is an easier read.
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I read this book as a child and loved it for several reasons: A) written by Julie Andrews Edwards (a.k.a. Maria, Mary Poppins) who I was/am in love with, B) my family calls me Mandy and C) it's about a girl who discovers an abandoned home and transforms it. I started reading it with Posey last year and she lost interest. I think this year she'd really enjoy it.
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Read in January, 1974
This is my favorite book from when I was a kid. Mandy was so determined to make a place of her own, she went too far sometimes. When Mandy refuses to talk to the Fitzgerald family on the phone, because it hurts too much, still puts a lump in my throat.
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My Mom bought this book for me way back when because it was named after me :) And because it had my name in the title and the main character was named Mandy like me I automatically loved it. I probably read this book 50 times. It is a really sweet story with a happy ending. AND now I have always wanted a seashell room like the one in Mandy's house.
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Read in June, 2007
recommends it for:
fans of books for young people, fans of gardens
I read this book when I was a kid, lost it, and found it again last year. I needed a comfort read recently, and I picked this one up once again. Not a difficult read (even for a kid), but a pleasant, sweet story. Julie Andrews is famous for starring in children's movies, she ought to be just as famous for her wonderful children's writing.
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Read in January, 2008
I remember loving this book when I was a kid, so when I found it on a recent trip home, I decided to bring it back and read it aloud to my kids. Reading it again as an adult, I found it a little contrived and predictable, but it was still a sweet, enjoyable read and kept both kids engaged, even though my son called it "a girls' book."
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This was one of the first "YA" books I ever read. I remember going to the bookstore with my grandmother and as a treat she let me pick out any book I wanted. I didn't know until later that Julie Edwards was Julie Andrews. And I don't remember much about the book except that I was riveted. Of course, I was 7 or 8 at the time ...
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Read in January, 1980
recommends it for:
girls of all ages
I read this book when I was young. I was not a good reader as a child, and never finished any book. (Yes, I lied and cheated my way through book reports.) This is the only book I remember finishing. My husband and I are now reading it to our little girls. It will always be one of my favorites because it was my first favorite.
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Read in May, 2008
As a kid, I read Andrews' The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles repeatedly, but I never picked this one up. It was fun to read now, after just finishing Andrews' memoirs. Mandy's fits of tears and her intense desires for a home and family ring true to Andrews' own experiences. Can I move into the Shell Cottage?
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Read in April, 2008
I have loved this book ever since I was a little girl. The story has a lot in common with "The Secret Garden": a little girl finds pleasure and self-fulfillment in tending a place that seems otherwise unwanted. It was a very different experience, reading it as an adult, but I still enjoyed it very much.
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Read in January, 1993
This was my favorite book as a child. It's a classic rags-to-riches story about and orphaned girl, with a wonderfully independent heroine. It spoke (and continues to speak) to a longing to have a room of one's own, a place which a person feels ownership over.
Great for older children and young teens.
Great for older children and young teens.
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