<P> Reynard `` Reynie '' Muldoon is an orphan living in the fictional city of Stonetown . Since young , he has demonstrated incredible creative - thinking skills and a great love for books , which results in him being isolated and teased at by the other orphans living in the same orphanage as him . His only comfort and company is Miss Perumal , his private tutor from India , whom he often shares the morning newspaper with . On a fateful day , the two notice an advertisement in the newspaper directed to `` gifted children looking for special opportunities '' , prompting Reynie to take the test , which consists of many strange rounds of vigorous selection . In the process of testing , Reynie befriends George `` Sticky '' Washington , a timid boy with a photographic memory of words , and Kate Wetherall , a resourceful girl with tremendous physical ability and an odd habit of carrying around her things in a belted bucket . Finally , they meet Constance Contraire , a diminutive girl with a very defiant personality and a gift for wit , especially considering her minuscule size , as well as Mr. Benedict , the main devisor of the tests . Along with his two subordinates Number Two and Rhonda Kazembe , Mr. Benedict explains to the four children about a secret threat plaguing the world in the form of cryptic messages being broadcast into people 's minds via television and radio . These messages , while infrequent , have been transmitted over the past few years and have aroused a sort of alarm and panic in people that they deem `` the Emergency '' , which is in fact just an illusion by the Sender of the messages . Mr. Benedict has managed to locate the signals ' source at Nomansan Island off the coast of Stonetown Harbour , in a school known as the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened , and narrow down the Sender to the principal and founder of the school , Ledroptha Curtain . Needing evidence for his findings , Mr. Benedict enlists the four children to become his secret agents and infiltrate the Institute . With some hesitation , the four children eventually agree to become a team and name themselves `` The Mysterious Benedict Society '' . </P>
<P> Reynard `` Reynie '' Muldoon is an orphan living in the fictional city of Stonetown . Since young , he has demonstrated incredible creative - thinking skills and a great love for books , which results in him being isolated and teased at by the other orphans living in the same orphanage as him . His only comfort and company is Miss Perumal , his private tutor from India , whom he often shares the morning newspaper with . On a fateful day , the two notice an advertisement in the newspaper directed to `` gifted children looking for special opportunities '' , prompting Reynie to take the test , which consists of many strange rounds of vigorous selection . In the process of testing , Reynie befriends George `` Sticky '' Washington , a timid boy with a photographic memory of words , and Kate Wetherall , a resourceful girl with tremendous physical ability and an odd habit of carrying around her things in a belted bucket . Finally , they meet Constance Contraire , a diminutive girl with a very defiant personality and a gift for wit , especially considering her minuscule size , as well as Mr. Benedict , the main devisor of the tests . Along with his two subordinates Number Two and Rhonda Kazembe , Mr. Benedict explains to the four children about a secret threat plaguing the world in the form of cryptic messages being broadcast into people 's minds via television and radio . These messages , while infrequent , have been transmitted over the past few years and have aroused a sort of alarm and panic in people that they deem `` the Emergency '' , which is in fact just an illusion by the Sender of the messages . Mr. Benedict has managed to locate the signals ' source at Nomansan Island off the coast of Stonetown Harbour , in a school known as the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened , and narrow down the Sender to the principal and founder of the school , Ledroptha Curtain . Needing evidence for his findings , Mr. Benedict enlists the four children to become his secret agents and infiltrate the Institute . With some hesitation , the four children eventually agree to become a team and name themselves `` The Mysterious Benedict Society '' . </P>
where does the mysterious benedict society take place
where does the mysterious benedict society take place
the fictional city of Stonetown
the fictional city of Stonetown