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Description
"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special... read more
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Reynard "Reynie" Muldoon: Gifted 11 year old boy- a good leader, exceptionally good with solving problems and riddles. A member of the Mysterious Benedict Society. He is described as very "average", with average brown hair, average height, and he wears average clothes.
- George "Sticky" Washington: An extrodinary 11 year old boy with an ability to remember everything he reads and hears. Best friend to Reynie. Sticky is very sensitive about his name (George Washington) and Constance does not get along well with him. He is bald, with glasses.
- Kate Wetherall (a.k.a. The Great Kate Weather Machine (: ): A spunky, athletic and resourceful 12 year old girl. A member of the Mysterious Benedict Society. Kate is very tall.
- Constance Contraire: A girl who is extremely bright for her age, yet extremely stubborn. A member of the Mysterious Benedict Society.
- Mr. Nicholas Benedict: An extrodinarily intellegent man, who has a secret plan and needs a team of children to stop "The Emergency".
- Mr. Curtain: He runs the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened on Nomansan Island.
- Milligan: An ex-secret agent who lost his memory. He works for Mr. Benedict.
- Rhonda Kazembe: An assistant of Mr. Benedict.
- Number Two: One of Mr. Benedicts assistants. Looks like a pencil.
- Miss Perumal: Reynie's tutor.
First Sentence
In a city called Stonetown, near a port called Stonetown Harbor, a boy named Reynie Muldoon was preparing to take an important test.
Table of Contents
Pencils, Erasers, and Disqualifications
Buckets and Spectacles
Squares and Arrows
The Trouble with Children Or, Why They Are Necessary
The Sender and the Messages
The Men in the Maze
Codes and Histories
The Thing to Come
The Naming of the Crew
Nomansan Island
Traps and Nonsense
Beware the Gemini
Lessons Learned
People and Places to Be Avoided
Logical Conclusions and Miscalculations
Poison Apples, Poison Worms
A Surprising Suggestion
Tests and Invitations
Everything As It Should Be
Of Families Lost and Found
Tactical Cactupi
Caught in the Act
The Waiting Room
Punishments and Promotions
Half a Riddle
The Whisperer
Open Sesame
Practice Makes Perfect
Know Thine Enemy
A Chess Lesson
The Mouse in the Culvert
Sacrifices, Narrow Escapes, and Something Like a Plan
Bad News and Bad News
Sticky's Discovery
The Great Kate Weather Machine
Stands and Falls
The Best Machine
Escapes and Returns
For Every Exit, an Entrance
Series
This book is in the The Mysterious Benedict Society series.
Authors & Contributors
- Trenton Lee Stewart (Author)
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