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The mysterious Benedict Society

Author: Trenton Lee Stewart; Carson Ellis
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2007.
Edition/Format: Book : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
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Material Type: Elementary and junior high school, Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Trenton Lee Stewart; Carson Ellis
ISBN: 9780316057776 0316057770
OCLC Number: 66392644
Description: 485 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Pencils, erasers, and disqualification -- Buckets and spectacles -- Squares and arrows -- The trouble with children or, why they are necessary -- The sender and the messages -- The men in the maze -- Codes and histories -- The thing to come -- The naming of the crew -- Nomansan Island -- Traps and nonsense -- Beware the Gemini -- Lessons learned -- People and places to be avoided -- Logical conclusions and miscalculations -- Poison apples, poison worms -- A surprising suggestion -- Tests and invitations -- Everything as it should be -- Of families lost and found -- Tactical cactupi -- Caught in the act -- The waiting room -- Punishments and promotions -- Half a riddle -- The whisperer -- Open sesame -- Practice makes perfect -- Know thine enemy -- A chess lesson -- The mouse in the culvert -- Sacrifices, narrow escapes, and something like a plan -- Bad news and bad news -- Sticky's discovery -- The Great Kate Weather Machine -- Stands and falls -- The best medicine -- Escapes and returns -- For every exit, an entrance.
Responsibility: written by Trent Lee Stewart ; illustrated by Carson Ellis.
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After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

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