The Mysterious Benedict Society is written by Trenton Lee Stewart and published in 2007. This book is an adorable adventure story and joy of all joys, it is the beginning of a series!! Four children are selected by Mr. Benedict to form a team of spies who are to go undercover at a private school isolated by water on all sides. The children make astounding discoveries, as only children can, and as the reader gets to know each of the four characters, we find out how each child is an essential part of the team, even cranky little Constance Contraire who has a secret of her own. As the children make discoveries and use morse code to relay messages back and forth with Mr. Benedict the situation becomes more and more dangerous and the impending Emergency more dire. Will the children escape with their lives and can they save the world from the Emergency?? Read to find out. Really. Read this book! Grades 3 and up.
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