The Mysterious Benedict Society Summary

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The Summary of The Mysterious Benedict Society The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart is about a team of orphan children who are on a mission to stop the Sender. This team is the Mysterious Benedict Society; consisting of Reynie, Kate, Constance, and Sticky. With the help of Mr. Benedict himself, as well as Rhonda, Number Two, and Milligan; the team is to pose as students at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened. Here is where they would hopefully gain knowledge about the messages that the Sender uses to have profound effects on people. By profound, I don’t mean in a good way. The Sender, or Ledroptha Curtain, uses his Whisperer and Messengers to transmit thoughts directly into someone’s brain. His goal, from what

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