Together, these kids have been recruited by a Mr. And Constance Contraire is very small, very rude, and very stubborn. Kate Wetherall is an athletic type who carries a handy bucket with her wherever it is that she goes. Sticky Washington is a bit of a bookworm, but the kind of kid who never forgets a single fact that he reads. By the end of the puzzles Reynie has passed, as have three other rather remarkable children. Odd, increasingly peculiar tests that go beyond the classroom, or even the realm of the normal. An orphan, Reynie and his tutor one day spot an advertisement that reads, “ARE YOU A GIFTED CHILD LOOKING FOR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES?” He is, as it happens, and that means taking a series of tests. He thinks of himself as weird and out of place. Reynie Muldoon doesn’t think of himself as extraordinary. Once in a while you just want to read a book that’s fun. So I borrowed a library copy, took it home, and fell in love. As far as I could ascertain I was the only children’s librarian in the WORLD who hadn’t read “The Mysterious Benedict Society”, and that was going to have to change. Oh, I should really read it! Oh, it’s really good! Oh, you haven’t read it? What’s wrong with you? Eventually, the pressure got to be too much. But then the book’s name kept cropping up left and right. I gave away my copy and decided to forget all about it. As it happened, a librarian I knew and trusted assured me that it wasn’t all that good and that I shouldn’t waste my days. And when it came to “The Mysterious Benedict Society”, I picked up this 486-page tome, turned it about, and then needed a quickie confirmation from somebody as to whether or not I should shell out a significant portion of time to read this puppy. How do librarians decide what children’s book they want to read next? Well, there are professional reviews, online reviews, and good old-fashioned word of mouth.
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