Mandy Paperback – 30 Aug. 2006

I read this as a child and was thrilled to find it again 50 years later. Still a lovely read and I've wanted to live in a secluded cottage ever since. I will now pass it on to my granddaughter she will love it

Used to be my favourite book as a child and when I recently moved to my lovely cottage I remembered it and had to order it as it was all about a little girl who found a cottage and bought things for it and made it her own and I am doing just that now! (although I am a bit bigger!) - would highly recommend it and friends want to borrow it!

Read this book as a child. Had to buy it and read again . Still an enjoyable tale. Worth a read if you haven't already I first read it when I was 10...

Bought this for my 6 year old granddaughter. She loved it.

I read this book many years ago as a child and I now use it to test Brownies on their Booklovers Badge and revisit the book myself at least once a year. It is the most magical story about a little girl who finds an adventure of her very own and through that adventure changes her life beyond all recognition. I would recommend this to any one who enjoys to visit a place of make believe once in a while.

A lovely book and very well written.

Loved this book as a child!

I first read this when I was 12 years old and absolutely loved it - true wish fulfilment! It's remained one of my comfort reads. My daughter has now read it and she, too, has fallen in love with it.

I read this from the library, then had to have my own copy and am reading it again. I'm not a kid anymore, but this book touches the kid part of me and inspires me to get busy and put more effort into improving my own home and garden, and making them as magical a place as Mandy has. Thank you for this wonderful and timeless classic!

It was exactly what was described and came very quickly. I loved the story as a young child and I want to share it with my grandchildren now 😊

The girls loved it. Really well written. I wish more young fiction books were like this, intelligent and filled with wonder - rather than the modern books about nonsense

If you like pleasant stories that have a happy ending and fairly easy to predict, you might like this book. It is a very nice story and the narrative style is smooth and engaging. I loved the idea of a secret cottage and many of the descriptions of the place was wonderful. However, everything is too simple and good. The girl lives in an orphanage with a matron who is as good as a mother, and the place has facilities like any child would have at home. The others in the orphanage and the neighbourhood are all terribly sweet people. This whole thing rings too good to be true for me!Every character is nice (except Mandy herself, who is surprisingly selfish and immature). The last few chapters were sickeningly sweet. I don't want to give away the plot, but as you read it, you'll already guess how it's going to end!A major disappointment for me! I'd have loved one with surprises, twists and believable and more realistic characters.

The quality of this book was excellent. Like new and will make a great birthday gift.