When a peculiar advertisement appears in the newspaper for children to take part in a secret mission, children everywhere sit a series of mysterious tests. In the end, just four children succeed: Reynie, Kate, Sticky and Constance. They have three things in common: they are all honest, all remarkably talented and all orphans. They must go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened where the only rule is that there are no rules. There they must work as a team to save not only themselves, but also the world outside the walls. (Source: publisher’s blurb)

This is the first in a series, published in 2009, that made the New York Times bestseller list. If you enjoy books such as A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch or Roald Dahl’s stories, you may enjoy this.

You can read excerpts on the series website