The Mysterious Benedict Society /
written by Trenton Lee Stewart ; illustrations by Carson Ellis.
- First Tenth Anniversary edition.
- 485 pages, 37 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Pencils, erasers, and disqualification Buckets and spectacles Squares and arrows Trouble with children or, why they are necessary Sender and the messages Men in the maze Codes and histories Thing to come Naming of the crew Nomausau Island Traps and nonsense Beware the Gemini Lessons learned People and places to be avoided Logical conclusions and miscalculations Poison apples, poison worms Surprising suggestion Tests and invitations Everything as it should be Of families lost and found Tactical cactupi Caught in the act Waiting room Punishments and promotions Half a riddle Whisperer Open sesame Practice makes perfect Know thine enemy Chess lesson Mouse in the culvert Sacrifices, narrow escapes, and something like a plan Bad news and bad news Sticky's discovery Great Kate weather machine Stands and falls Best medicine Escapes and returns For every exit, an entrance
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.