Trenton Lee Stewart: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Little, Brown and Company 2008)
It has been a year since Reynie, Sticky, Kate and Constance completed their first task as members of the Benedict Society. However, they did not achieve complete success, their main enemy is still free. But that doesn’t matter now, because on the team’s one-year anniversary, they can finally meet each other and Mr. Benedict again, who has a special surprise for them. However, the plan goes wrong and Benedict and Number Two are kidnapped. In order to track them down, the children have no choice but to go on a treasure hunt organized by Mr. Benedict in the hope of saving them as well.
The children’s second adventure is also full of exciting events and we get to know many people who help them or want to harm them. In the meantime, the children have to cope with the changes in their lives and the fact that they are also slowly changing. However, the most important thing does not change, that they can always count on each other and their families. This is the most important message of the story.
Trenton Lee Stuart was born in Arkansas, one of the southern states of the USA, and still lives there with his family. At the university, he studied English literature and writing and wrote all the while. The idea for the Mysterious Benedict Society came to him on the way, when he was thinking about a chess puzzle. After its publication in 2007, the book immediately entered the New York Times bestseller list. The series has a total of 6 volumes, 3 of which were published in Hungarian, and a series was recently adapted to film for Disney+. I’m watching it right now and luckily the second season is based on the second book, so I’ll be able to start that as well.
