The Mysterious Benedict Society

                              

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.

 

Hook- “Amy didn’t want to think about the attic anymore today, she didn’t want to talk about the dollhouse. If she did, she’d have to figure out how one of the dolls –grandma Treloar it was- could be standing in the parlor,  when  Amy was particially certain she had left the whole doll family in the dining room. Dolls can’t move themselves. She told herself. She felt goose bumps popping out of her arms.”(pg.38 chapter 5)

Recommendation-  Do you like dolls or have you ever had a doll house? Well, Amy Treloar has. She is a average 12 year old girl with a best friend named Ellen and a sister named LouAnne. But, when her Aunt Clare gives her a “haunted” dollhouse, everything is changing, nothing is the same!  Amy goes into the attic and hears little creepy noises.  Then, she went into the attic and noticed the dolls are not in the same spot where she put them.  Amy tries to tell her Aunt Clare, but she doesn't believe her.  Do you?  You will have to read this book to see how the story ends!

Book- The Dollhouse Murders

Author- Betty Ren Wright                    

Blogger- Alexis Valerio

Genre- mystery

 

A Tale Dark and Grimm



 

 

 

Hook:

    "'Go home, little girl, go home;'

    'To a murderers house you've come'

   Their raspy voices ringing out in a horribe chorus:

      'Go home, little girl, go home'

   'To a murderer's house you've come" (Page 97)

              Recommendation:   Can you ever imagine your parents chopping off your head and putting it back together just so their personal servant can come back to life? Have you ever run away from home to find yourself baked in an oven? Have you ever cut off your finger so that you can turn 7 swallows into humans? Well Hansel and Gretel have. This is the real Grimm story of Hansel and Gretel. The one you probably know is when the two kids go to a baker women’s house and the get baked in an oven.  Right?  Yeah that happens but it’s only the beginning. More than once the kids risk their lives to survive. Once the run away from their mom and dad the go to other families but all of them are crazy so they leave to find a house somewhere else. After a lot of time and a lot of families they decide to live on their own and everything changes. Hansel turns into a wolf-man and has to face the devil and Gretel is left along going to a murders home. At the end they have to save their home town and fight a dragon. Will they survive? Read this book to find out what happens.

WARNING: If you get scared easily DO NOT read this book !

Title:     A Tale Dark and Grimm

Author:  Adam Gidwitz

Genre:   Fantasy

Blog By: Victoria B.