Hook:
"Number Two sat at the computer and with quick, agile fingers, typed a string of commands. The television screen flickered; its picture grew distorted. The children could still make out the wavery image of the news reporter gesturing toward a crowd of children behind her, but her voice faded away, replaced by that of a child.
'What in the world?' Katie
said.
'Just listen,' said Number Two.
The unseen child- it sounded like a girl about Katie's age- spoke
in a plodding, whispery monotone, her voice half-drowned in static. At first
only a few random words were clear enough to be understood: ‘Market… too free to be… obfuscate…’
Number Two typed new commands into the computer; the interference lessened
considerably, and the child’s words came clearly now, slipping through the
faint static in a slow drone:
‘THE MISSING AREN'T
MISSING, THEY’RE ONLY DEPARTED.
ALL MINDS KEEP ALL
THOUGHTS-SO LIKE GOLD- CLOSELY GUARDED…’
Again the words were overcome by static. Number Two muttered under
her breath. Her fingers flew across the keyboard , and the child’s slow,
whispery voice returned:
‘ GROW THE LAWN AND MOW THE LAWN.
ALWAYS LEAVE THE TV ON.
BRUSH YOUR TEETH AND KILL
THE GERMS.
POISON APPLES, POISON
WORMS.’” (page 97 and 98)
Recommendation:
Have you ever taken a test that
would change your life forever? Four children named George “Sticky” Washington,
Reynard Muldoon, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contraire are extremely smart
and gifted children. Constance is only two and eleven months old! These
children are on a top-secret mission, under the guidance of Mr. Benedict, they
must stop a machine that controls the minds of everyone that watches TV. In this adventurous journey, George “Sticky”
Washington, Reynard Muldoon, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contraire must avoid
villains and terrible booby-traps. Will
they get caught, or will they survive?
Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Genre: Mystery
Blog by: Michelle D.
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