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Genius. Every time I start to explain what a big word means that comes up in the book, the next few lines do it for me. My 8 year old son loves this series, I read it to him every night. I love the vocabulary he is learning.
old daughter, 13yr. My daughter says, " It's one of those book where you want to stop after each chapter and discuss, absorb, and imagine all the adventures they have before you go on and read the next exciting events".
We really enjoyed reading this book together. My son says, "You have a chance to try to predict the events and read on to find out if what you thought was correct or not".
This book was an awsome reading experience for my family. We took turns reading each chapter and really began to discuss the characters, their obsticles, challenges they had to overcome, and adventures that they have in getting to know each other.
Often times we would read rather than watch television because we were so excited to see what would happen next. We, my 16yr.
old son and I read it over Christmas break from school.
Unlike, say, the Harry Potter series where Jim Dale literally acts out the parts and creates an alternate reality, Del Roy simply reads the book out loud. The plot itself will keep kids entertained while listening in the car, but it's nothing you couldn't do yourself (if you could read and drive at the same time). This is a review of the Audio CD for "The Mysterious Benedict Society". He has a pleasant voice, but repetitive inflections and not much in the way of vocal characterizations. The book is special; the audio book is pedestrian. The book itself is wonderful--blending puzzles, riddles, brain teasers and genuine suspense. The Audio CD, however, is something of a disappointment.
If you liked this book, may I suggest 'The Name of this Book is Secret.' Critics of this book beware i'm coming for you next. I am speaking as a cridic and bookoholic. Ok, to start, I admire critics' bravery of standing apart from anyone, but why try to find bad points in a book with none. I have read many books in my time (tho I am only nine) and this is the big cheese.
I have read all 3 so far and have looked at Trenton Lee Stewart's Web site for further information on the 4th with no luck.Appropriate for children and adults alike. I stumbled across these books in a middle aisle table at BAM. Not really interested in anything, the art caught my and I read the back and immediately went to check out.I wasn't sure how I felt during the first few pages (getting used to character names and really that was going on) but shortly thereafter, I was hooked.
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