Remember Reynie and Sticky from The Mysterious Benedict Society series yesterday? Now you get to meet the two girls on the team!
Kate Wetherall. She always tries to nickname herself The Great Kate Weather Machine, but nobody really takes a shine to it. With blond hair pulled back into a ponytail and a red bucket hanging from her belt, twelve-year-old Kate's gifts are more physical than intellectual. Don't get me wrong - she is smart. Just not Reynie-or-Sticky-level smart. But since she was more or less raised in a circus after her mom died and her dad ditched her, she's got all kinds of awesome physical talents. Oh, and remember the bucket I mentioned? She keeps all kinds of stuff in there: marbles, a slingshot, a rope, a magnet, a spyglass disguised as a kaleidoscope, and more. And when worse comes to worst, the bucket itself can be anything from a stepstool to an "instant ton of bricks - just add water."
Constance Contraire. Short, grumpy, sleepy, hot-tempered, overall rude, and just plain stubborn as a mule, this girl is very well-named. We don't find out until the end of the book that she's only about two-and-three-fourths years old. She can read and write, and her on-the-spot rhyming skills are unparalleled. Sticky's dictionary brain both scares and infuriates her, often meaning Reynie translates. Because she can't and won't walk very quickly, Constance often gets a piggyback ride from Kate. She had the honor of naming the Mysterious Benedict Society, as none of the others could come up with something both creative and accurate. And guess who ends up nearly single-handedly saving the day in the end? You guessed it: our little Connie girl. (She'd hate me for calling her that, by the way.) I'm not going to tell you how; I want you to read the book and find out yourself.
Actually, there are a lot of things about the books I haven't even touched on in these posts. If you need a reminder, this is the series called The Mysterious Benedict Society, and that also happens to be the first book's title too. Each book is written by Trenton Lee Stewart. Head on over to amazon, or a library, or bookstore, kay? Kay. n_n
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