The Mysterious Benedict Society (Mysterious Benedict Society Series #1)
Young readers who have worked their way through Lemony Snicket may well find their next obsession in The Mysterious Benedict Society, a dandy YA debut by novelist Trenton Lee Stewart. This engaging tale has all the elements tweens find intriguing: gifted kids, a dangerous mission, and a secret...
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Young readers who have worked their way through Lemony Snicket may well find their next obsession in The Mysterious Benedict Society, a dandy YA debut by novelist Trenton Lee Stewart. This engaging tale has all the elements tweens find intriguing: gifted kids, a dangerous mission, and a secret society where nothing is as it seems. Stewart throws plenty of challenges -- physical, mental, and moral -- in the path of his young protagonists, and readers will have fun solving the riddles and unraveling the clues in this smart, unconventional mystery. Complex, unpredictable, and deeply respectful of children's innate intelligence, The Mysterious Benedict Society is highly recommended for thoughtful preteens. P.S. We loved it, too!
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Format: ebook
ASIN: 9780316057776
Publish date: 07-03-2007
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
An ad was placed in the paper looking for children to send on a secret mission. I really had fun with the tests and how each of the children managed to accomplish them. Then the book began to drag. I really got bored. The book did become more and more conviluted. In the end the solution was rather...
There were some parts I really liked and others that I thought were merely okay. I really liked the beginning - seeing the test and how the different children completed the various parts. Other portions of the book seemed to drag and I was wanting there to be more of a pull. For being a middle grade...
Reynie, Sticky, Kate and Constance are extraordinary children. When an advertisement comes out in the paper asking for children to take a test, our four heroes will make their way to answer the advertisement. They will run into all sorts of problems that they have to surpass. Each one will have to p...
This is a tough one to review. There are definitely things I loved about it, but others not so much. Let's start with what I loved. The characters were FANFRIGGINTASTIC. I loved every one of them. My favorites were obviously Mr. Benedict, then I also adored Constance and Kate. I wish Milligan were ...
I had to give up on this one, which I tried with the kids at night. Zoe found it boring, so we gave up on it. It's a well written book, but yes, a little boring as children's lit goes. I've struck out twice now with books and Zoe, so maybe I need to go to younger reader books. But she loved _Cor...
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