![]() ![]() Kate Wetherell is athletic and resourceful. Reynie Muldoon, the ringleader of sorts, is great at problem-solving and reading people's emotions. The four children have all been orphaned. Those four children make up the Mysterious Benedict Society, named for the man who brings them all together to help stop an evil mastermind who wants to take over the world with a mind-control machine. Though dozens of children respond to the ad, only a few pass the series of mind-bending tests about logic, history and bravery. ![]() ![]() This is the story of a group of eccentric children who all respond to a curious newspaper ad: "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities" Don't be surprised if young people grab their pencils or pens to mark up the pages and work out the puzzles and riddles by hand. It is easy to see why this book was a best-seller: The characters careen from one adventure to the next, and as they face a series of baffling tests, the readers are pulled into the knotty problem solving. This is a story full of swashbuckling adventure and the kind of head-scratching conundrums that will challenge and entertain young readers. For March we are rolling out a puzzling selection: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. In the five months since NPR started the Backseat Book Club, we've dipped into fantasy, whimsy, history and even a ghoulish tale. More On 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' ![]()
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