The Mysterious Benedict Society

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Everyone in life is searching for something. We might not all be looking for the same thing but we are looking nonetheless. In the book The Mysterious Benedict Society by: Trenton Lee Stewart the characters are all searching for the same things. The search all began when Reynard Muldoon, Kate Wetherall, George “Sticky” Washington and Constance Contraire took an odd series of tests given out by Mr. Benedict. After the tests Mr. Benedict explains what their mission will be; they will be going to the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened or LIVE for short. Mr. Benedict believes that this school is responsible for sending out cryptic messages in the news. The three most important things that they are searching for are a family, answers and

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