The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The background is solid black. Cover art shows a train station platform. A small child with a suitcase is on the platform talking to an adult holding an umbrella. Behind the child, a large red train with smoke coming out the top. There is a large banner wrapped around the smoke. Large red text on it reads the title “The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict” in caps. Text at the bottom reads:
“By the author of the New York Times bestselling series The Mysterious Benedict Society” in small white writing
“Trenton Lee Stewart” in larger, orange caps
“Read by Del Roy in small white caps
“An Unabridged Production” in the same white caps.
There is a white dot in the middle of the latter two. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Bullying
• Ableism
• Child Abuse
• Confinement
• Death of a Parent
• War

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Summary:

Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an unfortunate nose, but he also has narcolepsy, a condition that gives him terrible nightmares and makes him fall asleep at the worst possible moments.

Now he’s being sent to a new orphanage, where he will encounter vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances – and a mystery that could change his life forever. Luckily, he does have one thing in his favor: He’s a 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.

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Notes:

This is a prequel to the The Mysterious Benedict Society series.

There is an audiobook.

There is a kindle/ebook edition.

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Archivist Comments:

I think the audiobook for this one might have come out before the paperback.

I’ve heard good things about the The Mysterious Benedict Society series.

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