This was September's Mother-Daughter Book Club choice. This is a prequel to the very popular Benedict Society series and gives a bit of back story for the society's founder, Nicholas Benedict. At the start it threatened to be a typical sad orphan/orphanage tale. However, as with the first installm...
As usual, hijinks surround the lives of the four children. Mysteries, puzzles, threatening danger. It was fun, but somehow not quite as big as I was expecting. Still, a great end to the series (I think it’s the end?). [Aug. 2010]
Quite enjoyed this last book. It wrapped things up nicely. No wondering if there might be another book. (Although I suppose there *could* be, I'm not left wondering, at least!) While some of the plot was blatantly obvious to the reader, it was still enjoyable to read.
Actually this was a pretty good one for falling asleep to, because I found it a little flat and boring. The world seemed flat. The Disney style Winnie the Pooh voice of the narrator didn't help. Four more or less orphaned yet brilliant children are recruited for a mission to save the world from a...
This is a very readable history about the development of electricity, a modern convenience that most of us take for granted. I think the book will be appreciated by any reader who wants to know and understand the history behind the development of the modern utilities that we have become so dependen...
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