The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Mysterious Benedict Society is the story of four gifted friends that work together to take down a bad man and his team.
It starts with Reynie. He is a very gifted boy that exceeds the abilities of many kids his age. There is an ad in the paper that is addressed to gifted and talented kids. His tutor jumps right on it and takes him to the place. The ad is very brief and doesn’t say much but Reynie is intrigued! He sees many kids and their parents waiting for the test. But unlike them he has no parents. He passes the serious of tests along with 3 other people: Kate, Sticky, and Constance.
They have to go and meet Mr. Benedict. He send them on a secret mission but not before some much needed training. He tells them to go to an academy owned by an evil man, Mr. Curtain. This man has been telling people things through TV and radios, like subliminal messaging. He uses kids in this academy to do so. Mr. Benedict, his coworkers, and these kids are some of the few people who can resist these messages. Mr. Benedict suspects that he will enhance the power of the messages soon. He sends this group of smart kids to stop him.
This dynamic group finds themselves in a wild adventure at the academy. They have to achieve the seemingly impossible in only a limited amount of time. They have to learn to work together to accomplish their goal, taking down a genius!
My favorite character would have to be Kate. I love how she has the bucket with all her needed supplies in it. It actually gets them out of a lot of tough situations. She is very courageous and kind.
This is a great book! If you want to read a book that involves lying, snooping, punishment, rewards, and surprises this is a great choice. I can’t wait to read the next two books!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The Candy Shop War
This book is the story of four friends, Nate, Summer, Pigeon, and Trevor. They find themselves in an amazing adventure after involving themselves with just the wrong person.
Nate just moved to a new town and meets Trevor, Summer, and Pigeon. They say that they have a treasure-hunting club called the Blue Falcons and he joins. They became quite close in just the few days before school starts. After the first day of school they stop by a new candy shop in town called The Sweet Tooth Candy and Ice Cream Shoppe. The owner, Mrs. White is nice and makes all the candy herself! That explains why the treats are all delicious and creative. Since they only have a couple of cents, she has them do some cleaning in order to earn some larger treats. But Mrs. White “accidently” mentions her Secret Candy. It gets them wondering and so one day they ask her.
She says that they have to do secret missions in order to receive the candy. But of course with the types of candy she is willing to give, they will want to do the missions no matter how terrible. At first, they were more than willing to do the tasks that included: robbing a museum, robbing graves and then, whipping out someone’s memory! But they got Moon Rocks that make you weightless, just like you are on the moon, Shock Bits that electrify people, Sweet Tooth that make people believe what you say, Trick Candy to play pranks on people, Proxy Dust that can make you animate as a toy doll, Clean Slates that wipe out people’s memories, Frost Bites the freeze things, Ironhides that make your skin as hard as steel, Peak Performance that make you perform at absolute limits of your human capacity, Brain Feed that grants animals human intelligence to think and talk, and even Chocolate Balls that make you look like a different person. But the worst was White Fudge; she gave it to the kids to give to the parents so they didn't really care about them going out in the middle of the night! It makes them addicted and not really even care about what goes on around them! The person whose brain she wanted to whip out was Mr. Scott. He was a beloved candy and ice cream truck driver that had been around for years! Summer and Pigeon dropped out but Nate and Trevor stayed on to get to the bottom of what her plans were.
They decided what Mrs. White was doing was wrong so they decided to tell Mr. Scott and go on his side. He tells that they are both magicians, along with many others, that are all searching for the same treasure. When they turn on her they discover her evil wrath! Trevor and Nate tried to sneak into her lair using Mirror Mints that you can navigate through mirrors. Nate got out but Mrs. White stuck Trevor in there with no mint to get out! The kids meet a man, John Dart, that isn't a wizard but is trying to get the treasure away from the wizards. He is a smart man that knows what he is doing and tells them all the facts without hiding anything. The kids decide that the best bet would to go on his side because he seems to be the best possible bet. They still didn't turn all the way against Mr. Scott yet.
So Nate, Summer, and Pigeon have to go on a wild chase to get to the treasure first and to get Trevor out of the mirror! They find that Mrs. White is now using the three bullies instead of themselves. The kids, John, and magicians all have to work to get to the treasure first! I like that this book goes beyond the normal adventure and mystery of that kind of book. I love all the candy and how it has all the powers that it does. It makes me think of how fun it would be to have that!
My favorite character would have to be Nate. I like how his humor and fearfulness makes him who he is. He is willing to stand up to bullies and Mrs. White. He seems like kind of the leader of his little group even though he has just moved there.
This book has a great storyline and adventure to it so I hope you might want to read it sometime.
Nate just moved to a new town and meets Trevor, Summer, and Pigeon. They say that they have a treasure-hunting club called the Blue Falcons and he joins. They became quite close in just the few days before school starts. After the first day of school they stop by a new candy shop in town called The Sweet Tooth Candy and Ice Cream Shoppe. The owner, Mrs. White is nice and makes all the candy herself! That explains why the treats are all delicious and creative. Since they only have a couple of cents, she has them do some cleaning in order to earn some larger treats. But Mrs. White “accidently” mentions her Secret Candy. It gets them wondering and so one day they ask her.
She says that they have to do secret missions in order to receive the candy. But of course with the types of candy she is willing to give, they will want to do the missions no matter how terrible. At first, they were more than willing to do the tasks that included: robbing a museum, robbing graves and then, whipping out someone’s memory! But they got Moon Rocks that make you weightless, just like you are on the moon, Shock Bits that electrify people, Sweet Tooth that make people believe what you say, Trick Candy to play pranks on people, Proxy Dust that can make you animate as a toy doll, Clean Slates that wipe out people’s memories, Frost Bites the freeze things, Ironhides that make your skin as hard as steel, Peak Performance that make you perform at absolute limits of your human capacity, Brain Feed that grants animals human intelligence to think and talk, and even Chocolate Balls that make you look like a different person. But the worst was White Fudge; she gave it to the kids to give to the parents so they didn't really care about them going out in the middle of the night! It makes them addicted and not really even care about what goes on around them! The person whose brain she wanted to whip out was Mr. Scott. He was a beloved candy and ice cream truck driver that had been around for years! Summer and Pigeon dropped out but Nate and Trevor stayed on to get to the bottom of what her plans were.
They decided what Mrs. White was doing was wrong so they decided to tell Mr. Scott and go on his side. He tells that they are both magicians, along with many others, that are all searching for the same treasure. When they turn on her they discover her evil wrath! Trevor and Nate tried to sneak into her lair using Mirror Mints that you can navigate through mirrors. Nate got out but Mrs. White stuck Trevor in there with no mint to get out! The kids meet a man, John Dart, that isn't a wizard but is trying to get the treasure away from the wizards. He is a smart man that knows what he is doing and tells them all the facts without hiding anything. The kids decide that the best bet would to go on his side because he seems to be the best possible bet. They still didn't turn all the way against Mr. Scott yet.
So Nate, Summer, and Pigeon have to go on a wild chase to get to the treasure first and to get Trevor out of the mirror! They find that Mrs. White is now using the three bullies instead of themselves. The kids, John, and magicians all have to work to get to the treasure first! I like that this book goes beyond the normal adventure and mystery of that kind of book. I love all the candy and how it has all the powers that it does. It makes me think of how fun it would be to have that!
My favorite character would have to be Nate. I like how his humor and fearfulness makes him who he is. He is willing to stand up to bullies and Mrs. White. He seems like kind of the leader of his little group even though he has just moved there.
This book has a great storyline and adventure to it so I hope you might want to read it sometime.
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