.5?

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict is .5 in the Mysterious Benedict Society series.  When I saw the .5 I was surprised!  It made me think about what I said about the novellas and all of the .5, and 1.5 and 2.5 and 46.4 that pop up now.  Thing is, I guess I didn't really consider this to be like those, with the "."s because it isn't a novella, it is just a prequel.
When I was just finishing up this book a tweet came in from LBKids that said that the series made this list.
I have to agree with it!  I have always loved this series.  And I wish there were more.  This book is the story of how Nicholas Benedict grew up, a little background on him.  And what I liked about it was, well, everything!  But one thing I really thought was super good was that he wasn't this totally super, goodie-goodie kind of kid.  He made bad choices and had selfish motives sometimes, but he learned from it.  A great mystery and I love the reader!  Del Roy did this one and I think all of them!