The book is called The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart. With a title like that I was basically sold already, and I also fell in love with the cover art, but when I turned it over and read this:
"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....
I was pretty much sold. I consider myself quite a gifted child and I was up for the challenge!! I bought the book on the spot. This book is very fun, interesting and entertaining. I will also tell you that there were very few little tests that I actually figured out on my own. This book was written for kids in late elementary to middle school age, but I loved it all the same.
* There is also a sequel, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, which is just as fun. Check these books out or give them to a great kid for christmas!*
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I loved this book! the second one was really good too, but the first one was better in my opinion. I was really glad you got them for me, they were great!
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