the mysterious benedict society is so important
the second character we meet is miss perumal, an indian woman
the team is composed of four different types of intelligence and they are all valued and no one belittles anyone else for being smart in a different way
amazing female characters in kate, constance, number two, rhonda, and miss perumal
it’s a rly cute story
it’s about abandoned children and how shitty institutions treat them
it’s also about how children are more intelligent and intuitive than adults and the whole story is about how no one pays attention to kids but really they speak the truth
it’s also about how family ties aren’t the strongest and that how families formed through friendship are unbreakable
it’s not ableist at all mr. benedict has narcolepsy and number two has insomnia and milligan is depressed in the first book and sticky has anxiety and reynie probably has some form of depression and it doesn’t at all affect their skills or amazingness or leadership or greatness or intelligence or ability
the story is rly cute and the characters are rly cute
poc!! sticky, rhonda, miss perumal
it’s super empowering for youth and shows how kids can solve problems often better than adults and mr. benedict repeatedly stresses that
did i mention how cute the story is
