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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Mysterious Benedict Society)
By Trenton Lee Stewart

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Book Description

The fabulous foursome readers embraced as The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission, significantly closer to home. After reuniting for a celebratory scavenger hunt, Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance are forced to go on an unexpected search–a search to find Mr. Benedict. It seems that while he was preparing the kids’ adventure, he stepped right into a trap orchestrated by his evil twin Mr. Curtain.
With only one week to find a captured Mr. Benedict, the gifted foursome faces their greatest challenge of all–a challenge that will reinforce the reasons they were brought together in the first place and will require them to fight for the very namesake that united them.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #602 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 448 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Trenton Lee Stewart, graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and author of the The Mysterious Benedict Society, lives in Arkansas with his wife and two sons.
Diana Sudyka received a Masters of Fine Art from Northwestern University. She lives and works in Chicago as an artist. This is the first book she has illustrated.

Customer Reviews

A great recommendation for children and adults
I was so excited when I found out that there was a sequel to The Mysterious benedict Society! I read it in less than a week.I hoped this one would be as good as the other and it certainly is! This book is full of more riddles and puzzles and is the return of your favorite characters.
In this book Mr. Benedict is planning a surprise for the society. When the children get to his house, Rhonda tells them that Mr. Benedict was kidnapped by his evil twin brother, Ledroptha Curtain. Curtain won’t let Mr. Benedict go until he tells them the name of a certain, special plant and where it is located.
The Mysterious Benedict Society finds out that Mr. Benedict’s surprise is a trip and they were to get there by following his riddles. The children figure that Mr. Benedict would be near where the riddles were to lead them… so the kids set off on their own!
After following a lot of riddles the children find the island Mr. Benedict is on. They encounter Martia Crowe (remember her?) and people a ton scarier,too.
They know where Benedict is but how in the world could children, even as clever as these children, defeat Curtain and his Ten Men?
This book is great for anyone! I hope Trenton Lee Stewart creates a next book!!!

Reading is Book is not a Perilous Decision!
For lovers of the first Mysterious Benedict Society novel, here comes another installment of mystery, puzzles and teamwork for your enjoyment.

I love the way Trenton Lee Stewart mentions things that others would leave out, like the varying strengths of children. Reynie is so good at interpreting other’s most secret emotions, all by using his common sense and by watching facial expressions, and I’ve never read about that in a book before. In pointing out subtle strengths of the children, Trenton Lee Stewart makes sure Reynie, Sticky, Kate and Constance are all close to our hearts. Their ability to work together (and sometimes even the way they bicker) is so fun to read about and so realistic. In this book, The Mysterious Benedict Society is about to have their one year reunion, and a party to celebrate at Mr. Benedict’s house. But, upon their arrival, they discover that a sort of ransom note (sent by homing pigeon) has foiled their plans. Mr. Benedict and Number Two, his right hand woman, have been kidnapped! The children, always thoughtful and responsible, waver on whether they should disobey their loved ones to go on this “perilous journey,” but alas, they must save their namesake, and go. On this journey, they encounter many puzzles, clues, and mysteries just as intriguing and fun as the first book. I’m so glad to have read another installment of the Mysterious Benedict Society, and I hope they keep coming!

“Children You Must Not Come STOP. Dangerous”
The Mysterious Benedict Society, a group of four children created to thwart the plans of the evil genius Ledroptha Curtain, is fresh off their great victory. The “brainswept” are slowly having their memories returned and everything seems like it should be getting back to normal. It should be the perfect happy ending, yet happy endings are rarely so simple…

All is not well for the Mysterious Benedict Society. Reynie, still shaken by the previous adventures, finds himself having nightmares of being surrounded by snakes. A conversation with Mr. Benedict did little to ease his growing fears that wickedness is something to be generally expected of people. Kate has been living largely on her own wits for the past six months (Milligan largely off doing secret agent work) and Sticky has had trouble convincing his parents that he should be allowed to go to college. As for three-year-old Constance, she continues to struggle with being a young child genius, while the government refuses to even properly acknowledge her existence so she can be adopted by Mr. Benedict.

The group comes together again with the promise of experiencing a great surprise created by Mr. Benedict, but then learns something horrifying. Both Benedict and Number Two have captured by Curtain and his minions — now going by the name “the Ten Man” — for the ten different ways they have of torturing people. The only solution may be to follow through with Mr. Benedict’s surprise — an adventure he planned for them that may now be their only way to save him. So, once again, danger and thrills are promised, but also a great read and satisyfing adventure.

The book jacket states that the author, Trenton Lee Stewart, is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. If his works are any indication, then they may just have something special there. The jacket also offers a review comparing the style to that of Lemony Snicket — but I never could quite bring myself to fully enjoy Snicket’s mode of writing. This book, however, has been the most anticipated for me since “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and I’m delighted to say that it satisfies. Pick up a copy for yourself and find out what adventures are in store for this intrepid quartet.

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