Trenton Lee Stewart

When nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict is sent to a new orphanage, he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances - and a mind-bending mystery. Luckily, he has one very important thing in his favour: he's a genius.

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.

The Mysterious Benedict Society #0.5

Christine

Literally better than the series XP


(and why do I ship John and Violet)

Stephanie Denton

Trenton Lee Stewart has done it again! His books about brilliant kids, and how they grow emotionally are great reads for kids and adults. I enjoyed this prequel as much as the original Mysterious Benedict series.

Hannah Yang

Okay okay wait let me calm down and think clearly.
This was amazing. I enjoyed it more than all the other books about Reynie, Kate, Sticky and Constance! It was better than all three of those put together! IT WAS AMAZING I TELL YOU! AMAZING!

Whew... I clearly did not calm down.

I love how Nicholas thinks. I love how he's so smart and can get me to think like him for just a second. I love how he's literally a genius at the tender age of 9 years old. If I could choose one book character to meet for a day, I'd probably choose the young Nicholas Benedict.

I love how action packed this book is (not that the others weren't), and I loved each and every character from Vern to Gertrude to Nicholas to the Spiders (eh, not so much) to Violet to John to Mr. Collum... The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict is extraordinary.

In the beginning I was sad that this wasn't a story about the MBS, but I ended up really loving the book. Young Nicholas has personality traits of all 4 members of the MBS which is really cute. The book is a good mix of mystery, fun, family, and scary

Rohan Uddin

What a lovely, nostalgic book. It reminded me of the childhood books I used to read, and I went through this book very quickly as I could not put it down. The author writes in an old-fashioned way, which works perfectly for this story.

Amanda

My favourite of all the Mysterious Benedict books

Charmaine

Sydney Burns

Hannah DCamp

Maxwell

Before there was a Mysterious Benedict Society, there was simply a boy named Nicholas Benedict. Meet the boy who started it all.... Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an unfortunate nose, but also he has narcolepsy, a condition that gives him terrible nightmares and makes him fall asleep at the worst possible moments. Now he's sent to a new orphanage, where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances -- and a mystery that could change his life forever. Luckily, he has one important thing in his favor: He's a genius. On his quest to solve the mystery, Nicholas finds enemies around every corner, but also friends in unexpected places -- and discovers along the way that the greatest puzzle of all is himself.

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

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