The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

"The Mysterious Benedict Society" is a book that is as mysterious as it sounds. But despite the challenges, I still managed to collect information about the plot, characters and the author of the book.

"The Mysterious Benedict Society" was written by Trenton Lee Stewart and published in 2007. The book is very famous - Goodreads has 110000 people rated the book! The author Trenton Lee Stewart was born in 1970, May 28, in the USA.

The plot

A newspaper posted a curious advertisement - someone was looking for gifted children. Those kids would have to write a test to get qualified. Reynold Munrold, an orphan, decides to go ahead and give himself a try. He passed them all despite tough competition! Along with him, two more girls and one boy passed the tests - Kate Wetherall, Constance Contraire and George "Sticky" Washington. They all have extraordinary minds. Reynold is extremely good at solving problems; Sticky has a sticky and comprehensive knowledge of many subjects. Kate is good at surviving and has practical knowledge. And Constance... Well, it is hard to explain. You will later understand why she is possibly the most gifted child of all.

All the kids are united with a mission to save the world against Ledroptha Curtain, a great scientist and the principal of The Learning Institute of the Very Enlightened. That is where he constructs his mind-blowing machines that erase your memory. The kids must go to the Institute undercover and with fake documents. They will become spies for Mr. Benedict while he discovers a surprising thing about Ledroptha Curtain. Which one, I will not tell you, since it is up to you to find out that.

The book had some pretty good plot twists up its sleeve that made me gasp with shock. It is not very hard to read since there are no confusing or controversial topics there. Though it is thick - 484 pages, I read it in a few days without much effort.