MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY AND THE PRISONER’S DILEMMA  by Trenton Lee Stewart book blog by Lorenzo Brigode

Constance ran away last night!  Her birth certificate was lost and she was devastated because she wanted to be adopted, but needed her birth certificate for that.  She ran away because she got mad about her birth certificate situation.  Constance slipped through the gates to run away and the guard let her.  Lost in thought Constance ran to nowhere!  She just ran!  A guard in Constance’s house was found to be a spy and things got crazy.  Search parties went out to find Constance while others went out to fight Mr. Curtain, the  owner of the spies.

Constance’s birth certificate was lost.  A friend, Sticky, accidentally told Constance that the library burned down.  The library was her hiding place for her birth certificate.  When she heard that Constance said, “But… Without those papers…” and ran out of the room.  

After that, some friends saw her in the dining room.  Constance then asked Number Two, Rhonda, Mr. Pressius, Milligan, Mrs. Plugg, Mrs. Washington, Mr. Washington, Mrs. Perumal, and Mr. Bane if she could go outside.  “Yes,” they said as a group.  Mr. Bane watched Constance go outside and did not stop her when she slipped through the gate and ran away.

Mr. Bane is a guard at the house where Constance lived and is discovered to be a spy.  Mr. Benedict said, “I knew he was a spy.  I just wanted to see the outcome.”  Mr. Bane allowed Mr. Curtain and his Ten Men into the premises.  Mr. Curtain is Mr. Bane’s boss and the Ten Men are other employees.  There are thousands of Ten Men.  They are called Ten Men because they have ten ways of killing a person.

Constance slipped through the gate and ran away from home because she lost her birth certificate.  Mr. Bane turned out to be an enemy.  Her friends went out to search for her.  She and her friends are in danger.