by Trenton Lee Stewart

“Are you a gifted child looking for specialopportunities?”

When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll totake a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, cantest your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very specialchildren will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only themost intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it theywill have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened,where the only rule is that there are no rules.

As our heroes face physical and mental trials beyond their wildestimaginations, they have no choice but to turn to each other for support. Butwith their newfound friendship at stake, will they be able to pass the mostimportant test of all?

Welcome to the Mysterious Benedict Society.

Paperback. 492 pages.