The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart Author
(From Amazon): "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 children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.As our heroes face physical and mental trials beyond their wildest imaginations, they have no choice but to turn to each other for support. But with their newfound friendship at stake, will they be able to pass the most important test of all?Welcome to the Mysterious Benedict Society.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780316003957
- Print Status
- In Print
- chapters
- 39
- Pages
- 512
- Suggested Grades
- 2nd - 10th
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Edition
- Reprint
- Copyright
- 2008
chapters
- 1 Pencils, Erasers, and Disqualifications
- 2 Spectacles and Buckets
- 3 Squares and Arrows
- 4 The Trouble With Children, Or, Why They Are Necessary
- 5 The Sender and The Messages
- 6 The Men in the Maze
- 7 Codes and Histories
- 8 The Thing To Come
- 9 The Naming of the Crew
- 10 Nomansan Island
- 11 Traps and Nonsense
- 12 Beware the Gemini
- 13 Lessons Learned
- 14 People and Places to Be Avoided
- 15 Logical Conclusions and Miscalculations
- 16 Poison Apples, Poison Worms
- 17 A Surprising Suggestion
- 18 Tests and Invitations
- 19 Everything As It Should Be
- 20 Of Families Lost and Found
- 21 Tactical Cactupi
- 22 Caught in the Act
- 23 The Waiting Room
- 24 Punishments and Promotions
- 25 Half a Riddle
- 26 The Whisperer
- 27 Open Sesame
- 28 Practice Makes Perfect
- 29 Know Thine Enemy
- 30 A Chess Lesson
- 31 The Mouse in the Culvert
- 32 Sacrifices, Narrow Escapes, and Something Like a Plan
- 33 Bad News and Bad News
- 34 Sticky's Discovery
- 35 The Great Kate Weather Machine
- 36 Stands and Falls
- 37 The Best Medicine
- 38 Escapes and Returns
- 39 For Ever Exit, an Entrance
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