Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2009-025459
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Praise for The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma: -"Fresh and frightfully funny." - School Library Journal -"The good-versus-evil plot balances the warmth of family connections with the excitement of deathly peril." - The Horn Book, Praise for The Mysterious Benedict Society : -A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year -Winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud Award -A Top 10 Children's Book Sense Pick -An ALA Notable Book -A Today show Al's Book Club for Kids Pick - A Booklist "Top Ten Youth Science Fiction and Fantasy" Title - A VOYA 2007 Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers - Received critical praise, including four starred reviews, Praise for The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey: * A rip-roaring adventure with plenty of clever twists and hair's-breadth escapes... [and] a warm and satisfying tale about friendship." - School Library Journal (starred review) - "With first-rate brainteasers, interludes of physical danger, and the children's own complex dynamics... [readers] will find this sequel a worthy successor." - Horn Book - "This classic struggle of good versus evil also includes the many layers in between." - VOYA - "Entertainingly quirky..." - Kirkus, Praise forThe Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma: - "Fresh and frightfully funny." - School Library Journal - "The good-versus-evil plot balances the warmth of family connections with the excitement of deathly peril." - The Horn Book, Praise for The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey : * A rip-roaring adventure with plenty of clever twists and hair's-breadth escapes... [and] a warm and satisfying tale about friendship." - School Library Journal (starred review) - "With first-rate brainteasers, interludes of physical danger, and the children's own complex dynamics... [readers] will find this sequel a worthy successor." - Horn Book - "This classic struggle of good versus evil also includes the many layers in between." - VOYA - "Entertainingly quirky..." - Kirkus, Praise for The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey : * A rip-roaring adventure with plenty of clever twists and hair's-breadth escapes... [and] a warm and satisfying tale about friendship." -School Library Journal(starred review) - "With first-rate brainteasers, interludes of physical danger, and the children's own complex dynamics... [readers] will find this sequel a worthy successor." -Horn Book - "This classic struggle of good versus evil also includes the many layers in between." - VOYA - "Entertainingly quirky..." -Kirkus, Praise forThe Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey: * A rip-roaring adventure with plenty of clever twists and hair's-breadth escapes... [and] a warm and satisfying tale about friendship." - School Library Journal (starred review) - "With first-rate brainteasers, interludes of physical danger, and the children's own complex dynamics... [readers] will find this sequel a worthy successor." - Horn Book - "This classic struggle of good versus evil also includes the many layers in between." - VOYA - "Entertainingly quirky..." - Kirkus
Grade From
Third Grade
Series Volume Number
3
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Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Grade To
Seventh Grade
Synopsis
Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome must unravel clues relating to a nefarious new plot, while their search for answers brings them closer to danger than ever before. Filled with page-turning action and mind-bending brain teasers, this wildly inventive journey is sure to delight.
ebay_catalog_id
4