Andrew Clements has an exciting new series, "Benjamin Pratt & The Keepers of the School". Perfect for upper elementary grades, it combines adventure with history and a bit of sleuthing too. Benjamin is a sixth grader facing changes at home and at his school, Captain Oakes Elementary. His parents are separated and his school is going to be torn down and turned into an amusement park. When the school's janitor gives him a mysterious coin with strange engravings on it and then dies, Benjamin unwittingly becomes the new "Keeper of the School". He and his best friend, Jill, must decipher what the engravings on the coins mean and find the items hidden in the school by the real Captain Oakes over two hundred years ago. Those items may help Benjamin save the school from destruction. But Benjamin and Jill also have to deal with the new school janitor, Mr. Lyman. He is determined to stop them from saving Captain Oakes Elementary.
The first title in the series is called "We the Children" and the second installment is "Fear Itself". Six books are planned for the series and here is fair warning - each book ends with a cliff-hanger and you have to wait until the next book is published to find out what happens next. If you can stand the suspense, you will have fun and adventure with Benjamin and Jill as they try to decipher the clues and save their historic school. And try to outsmart the nasty Mr. Lyman.-gw-
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