Mandy

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Summary: Mandy
Review: When I was reading this book I din't get bored. I din't want to stop reading it because the more I read it the more interesting it became. The book is about Mandy a little curious girl that lived in an orphanage. I really like this book because it had some realistic feelings that it made me feel that it was me and my life. I would give this book * * * * out of * * * *

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Summary: Manndy- An all-around great book!
Review: Mandy

Mandy, by Julie Andrews Edwards, is a very well written and eventful book. It starts when Mandy, a young girl living in a nice orphanage, is satisfied with her life, but longs for a place of her own. One day, she goes venturing behind the orphanage wall and discovers a little, abandoned cottage. She decides to make it her own place and with a few "borrowed" things, she manages to turn it into a nice playhouse without anyone knowing what she was up to. However, one day, Mandy disobeys the orphanage owner and sneaks off to the cottage when she is very sick. In the cottage, she falls unconscious, and no one has a clue where she is.

In her story, Mandy is very nice, but when she starts spending much of her time at the cottage, she starts to ignore her friends. She is disobedient at some times, but she is still kind and good-hearted deep down. Her friend, Sue, really wants Mandy to be safe and is always very curious. From reading this book, I learned that you should never lie, you should never disobey your parents, and that your parents usually know what is best for you. The best part of the book was when Mandy discovers the cottage. The scene when Mandy falls unconscious was very detailed and suspenseful. There was not much that I didn't like, except that Mandy was not always nice to her friends. The ending is very satisfying and is a good conclusion to the story.

I enjoyed Julie Andrews' writing style in Mandy. I never got bored while I was reading and the beginning really grabbed my attention. Mandy had a good amount of details and descriptions: not too many that I got bored, but not too little that I couldn't imagine what was happening. The vocabulary was rather easy and simple because the book was written for and is appropriate for children ages eight or nine to age twelve or thirteen. I really enjoyed the way Mandy was written. I would recommend it to girls who like adventure and enjoy good books. I would give Mandy three to four stars out of four (*** to ****). It is just an all-around great book!

-KES

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Summary: Julie Andrews= Talent
Review: Julie Andrews' name is next to the word *TALENT* in the dictionary. She can sing better than *anyone* in the world, she is an absolutely pheunomenal, versatile actress (she won an Academy Award for Best Actress to prove it), an absobloominlutely AMAZING writer and has a personality to die for. Let me ask you, how is it possible to be all these things and then be EXTREMELY Beautiful???
I don't know how she does it! But I'm postively mesmerized by everything she's done.
Anyhoo, onto the book. Mandy is VERY VERY VERY well-written and as I've said previoulsly, its hard to believe that someone who cna sing and act as perfectly as Julie can write to wonderfull as well! Julie adds so much detail so you know every little thing thats going on in the story. You can almost SMELL the flowers and see the garden and feel the love! It's tremondous. I could read this book OVER and OVER until someone finally whacks me over the head and slaps me back into reality. If you love this book (I can't imagine anyone NOT loving this book) I HIGHLY recommened Julie Andrews Edwards' other children's novel "The Last Of The Really Great WHangdoodles", kinda sounds like something from the woman who put Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious into our vocabulary, doesn't it? 'Whandoodles' is so creative and so wonderful!!!
Bravo, Dame Julie!
BY THE WAY- further back in the comments someone said that Julie wrote this because she lost a bet to her daughter Emma Kate, she ACTUALLY lost a bet with her daughter *Jennifer*. The bet was that if Julie didn't stop swearing (or cursing) Jen would make her right a book....looks like Julie couldn't stop. :-)

GREAT BOOK, GREAT AUTHOR, GREAT FUN!

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Summary: When you need a good book, read this....
Review: I don't think I will ever find any book written with such a wonderful ending!!!!!!! I like Mandy because she is so mischevious.

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Summary: It's a really really really really really great book
Review: Mandy by Julie Andrews it is fantasy book with exciting and terrifying things happening to her that make you keep on reading the book. Mandy's plot is that she is an orphan and goes over the big wall were she finds a cottage. Then she says it should be her own and keeps it a secret. Mandy starts to work on the garden, and borrowes some things from the orphanage. I would recommed this book to another young reader if you like adventure and mystery. I also recommed this book because Mandy is clever and good at solving problems.

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Summary: :)
Review: --Ten-year-old Mandy lives at a girls' orphanage and wants her own family and own home. Her latter wish is granted when she discovers a small cottage in the woods behind the orphanage. Over most of the year, Mandy fixes up the cottage and plants a lovely garden, but when she suddenly falls ill at the cottage one night, no one can find her. Or so she thought: Mandy actually has a good friend whom she doesn't even know about. --This is a rare type of book: it was sweet yet still lively, which is something which is both unusual and great to read. --Marisa

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Summary: A Wonderful Actress, A Wonderful Writer, A Wonderful Story
Review: In first grade I bought this book at a school book fair. Finally two years later I read the book and was so glad! It's an outstanding book, perfect for girls ages seven to ten. It's about an orphan named Mandy who is very lonely. One day she climbs over the wall of her orphanage and finds a cottage which she makes her own. She learns a lot tending the garden and working at her cottage every day. One day there is a problem. The orphanage is looking for her. When I raed that I wondered will she be okay? When I started reading that part I couldn't put it down. Anyone who reads this will should really love it..

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Summary: An Amazing Orphan
Review: I was six when I got MANDY at a school book fair, Two years later I decided to read it. I really liked the story even at the beginning when it just started out about the orphan Mandy. Then it got more exciting and more fun. When she finds the cottage and decides to make it her own, I like the way that she fixes it up and plants the flowers. It's amazing that she could sneak out of the orphanage so successfully. I loved this book, it shows how talented Julie really is!!!!!

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Summary: Outstanding children's book that adults will love too!
Review: Mandy is a lovely tale to which all children and adults can relate. Though most of us have not lived in an orphanage, everyone can empathize with Mandy's search for love. My 7 year olds loved the book and we could hardly put it down. They wanted to know how long we had to wait before we could read it again! This is a story my children will never forget and will look forward to reading to their children. I highly recommend it for both children and adults.

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Summary: Mandy is the best book!!!
Review: Mandy is a great story about an orphan girl who finds an abandoned house over the boundaries of the orphanage. She saves up money and buys flowers for the garden. You HAVE to read this book!!!