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The Mysterious Benedict Society is a mystery book by Trenton Lee Stewart. It's about four gifted kids: Reynie Muldoon, George "Sticky" Washington, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contraire, who pass these mysterious, puzzling tests advertised in the newspaper for gifted children with special talents. The winners would get a luscious award. They all pass the tests in their own unique ways, and afterward, meet the genius scientist that was the creator of the tests, Mr. Benedict. The peculiar questions they answered were really a test for truth loving minds to become secret agents! These four children, (The Mysterious Benedict Society) were to go undercover to stop something called the Emergency, an evil plan to brainwash the world through television

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