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The Mysterious Benedict Society
 

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children-two boys and two girls-succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning... (read more)

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Zeynep M
  • Rated 5 stars

“This book is amazing. There are so many secrets and mysteries hidden in it. It's incredible. The writing is also amazing! At the end everything is solved, one of the children get a suprise birthday party, with a present. And someone else finds their dad, when someone reuintes with his parents, and the last one gets to be with his mother that just adoptedhim.”

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jcandrew
  • Rated 2 stars

“I was really expecting more from this book. The first four chapters had me hooked but it was all downhill after that. The book was entirely too long and I think the subject of mind control and world domination kinda shot this book in the foot. I couldn't wait to finish reading the book so I could end the torture of trudging through the excessive pages.

I also found some of the simplistic names hard to take seriously; Jackson, Jillson, Nomansan Island and Mr Curtain, who obviously has...”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.313589 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.833333 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Ani B

    ani b said:

    “This book totally opened my mind! Maybe the world isn't doomed after all! Amazing book.”

    posted Wednesday, May 14 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Allie

    allie said:

    “Ah-mazingly written and so cool! you can try to solve it along with the characters!”

    posted Saturday, January 12 2008
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