Contrarian Companions
Greetings! Recently, we have been watching episodes of an immensely interesting series, based on (equally engrossing) quartet of books by Trenton Lee Stewart. It has an awesome name that would attract any child reader in a heartbeat - The Mysterious Benedict Society! The premise, while exciting for children is intriguing for the grownups too. The book is peppered with awesome puzzles, enigmas and secrets and all that will keep the reader hooked to it. It all starts with extremely talented twin brothers, who grow up to be polar opposites. Of these two, one (Mr. Benedict) cherishes the pursuit of truth while the other (Mr. Curtain), turns out evil and wants to gain power on humankind by brainwashing them with negative thoughts of emergency. Mr. Benedict, surmises that the only way to foil the vile designs of his twin is by getting four exceptional orphans to infiltrate the school run by his nemesis and sets up confounding tests to find the right ones. One of the four who make it to this