Earlier, I reviewed, positively, the first installment in the Mysterious Benedict Society series. I have been reading this first book aloud to my youngest son, and for the first time, I get tired of reading aloud before he gets tired of listening to me! My eldest daughter, also a fan of MBS has likewise been settling down on the porch swing to read a chapter or two to her brother and we are near the end! Thus, I decided to see if the next book would be worth dangling as a literary carrot in front of my boy's nose.
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey is maybe even more fun! Bad guys, good guys, riddles and action heroes, another yarn about the team of prodigious youngsters defeating evil with brains, determination and teamwork. This time, the characters are already devoted friends, but they are still learning about one another, as well as developing themselves. Mister Benedict, narcoleptic as usual, and his evil brother, Ledroptha Curtain, are absent most of the book, but are the puppeteers of the tale. Number Two (okay, who in the world would allow themselves to be nicknamed "Number Two"???), Rhonda, and Milligan are all there, as well as the baddies from MBS the first. The action travels through Portugal, Holland, and another mysterious island (not "Nomansan" this time)! And through it all, the clever capering kids.
Allow your own little adventurers to set sail on the Shortcut with the kids of the Mysterious Benedict Society and partake in a safer version of a perilous journey!
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