I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I won't say that it's the most brilliant bit of literature ever written, but then again it is for 3rd-5th graders. The characters are fantastic, and the book is full of puzzles for the characters (and reader) to problem solve.
Reynie Muldoon is an orphan incredibly gifted at solving puzzles and logic games. Kate Wetherall is an orphan who is incredibly resourceful with the items she carries around in her beloved bucket; she can create almost anything. Sticky Washington can read at lightning speed and remembers everything he has ever read, heard, or seen. And Constance Contraire. . .well, Constance is stubborn. And for reasons that will not become clear until the very end of the book, Mr. Benedict insists that she is far more brilliant than the other children realize.
Mr. Benedict gathers this group of brilliant children together to form a team of secret agents who will infiltrate an institution for gifted children that is a front for a madman's plot for world domination. Although the implications of the madman's plot are quite dark, the brain teasers vibrant characters keep the tone of the book light. I would not hesitate to recommend it to children. And to anyone who was once a nerdy child! It's a fun, suspenseful, exciting read!
Thanks for the recommendation, Tex :-)
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