Re-reading a childhood series I remember enjoying to see if this is something I’d want to share with my nieces. These books are horrible. Mandie is a whiny, self-absorbed, selfish little t**t. Constantly stamping her feet and crying when she didn’t get her way (even at the age of 16), throwing her privileges around to get whatever she wanted, and generally being horrible to the adults in her life and her peers. The only redeeming character in the books is her cat Snowball, which is the only character I really remembered… that should have been my hint these were crap.

The books are incredibly racist and have harmful stereotypes against Indigenous people. Gives off white saviour vibes. Basically, Mandie is a quarter Cherokee but everyone loves her because she’s blonde, blue eyed, fair skinned and Christian. She can walk around and tell her kin what to do because she understand the difference between a good or bad Cherokee person… and it basically boils down to how well they adapt to western culture and Christianity.