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- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
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What The Mysterious Benedict Society is about
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- Four children pass a set of tests that bend the mind and are picked for a secret mission. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission
- The mission sends them undercover into a school, the Learning Institute, that claims to have no rules at all. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
go undercover at the Learning Institute ... the only rule is that there are no rules
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