By Trenton Lee Stewart
ISBN-10: 0316202673
ISBN-13: 9780316202671
Before there has been a Mysterious Benedict Society, there has been easily a boy named Nicholas Benedict. Meet the boy who all started it all....
Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has extra difficulties than most youngsters his age. not just is he an orphan with an unlucky nostril, yet he additionally has narcolepsy, a situation that provides him bad nightmares and makes him go to sleep on the worst attainable moments. Now he's being despatched to a brand new orphanage, the place he'll come upon vicious bullies, egocentric adults, unusual situations -- and a secret that may swap his lifestyles ceaselessly. fortunately, he has one very important factor in his want: He's a genius.
On his quest to unravel the secret, Nicholas reveals enemies round each nook, but additionally associates in unforeseen locations -- and discovers alongside the best way that the best puzzle of all is himself.
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Facing a difficult, if not impossible, request, the King asks his trusted counselors for advice. Do experts really know more? First up is the Lord High Chamberlain. After reciting a list of everything he has previously done for the King – including obtaining ivory and pink elephants – he replies that he can’t get the moon. The moon, he says, is 35,000 miles away, bigger than Lenore’s room, and made of molten copper. The King is furious. He dismisses the Lord High Chamberlain and calls for the Royal Wizard.
Every time that Sal suggests that they imagine themselves to be a different stationary object, Frankie moves because he imagines something bad happening to him while he’s pretending to be that unmoving object. And once he moves, it’s clear that he is no longer doing nothing. After a brief bout of frustration with Frankie, Sal claims he’s made an important discovery: You can’t do nothing. Each time he and Frankie tried to do nothing, they failed not because of some fault of their own or because they didn’t try hard enough.
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