![]() ![]() Benedict's small band of helpers to stop Curtain before he can instigate his "Improvement." Because Curtain uses children as a filter for his messages, believing that children's minds simplify what they hear, it is only possible for children to enter his Institute for the Very Enlightened and act as spies. He is planning something greater and more devious to come, and it is the purpose of Mr. And he tells them of the reason for the tests.Ī man named Curtain has found out a way to transmit messages into people's minds using radio and TV broadcasts, messages that affect the lives of everyday people. The three children manage to pass the tests and meet with the organizer of them, a Mr. Take it he does, and on the way makes friends with a boy named Sticky Washington - in whose brain all facts stick - and a girl named Kate Wetherall - whose special bucket is always kept by her side and contains a mishmash of possibly helpful items. When he and his tutor, Miss Perumal, see an ad in the newspaper for a center that offers tests for special children, they decide that Reynie should take the test. ![]() Reynie Muldoon is a smart and gifted child - a smart and gifted orphan who has long since passed all the orphanage's classes, but is not allowed to go to another school. Series: The Mysterious Benedict Society #1Įnjoyable read with some questionable morality and a possibly disturbing premise for young readers. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart ![]()
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