The Keepers of the School are backâand the stakes are even higher.
Time is ticking as the countdown to Ben Prattâs schoolâs total demolition continues. Ben has been given a handful of clues that could help them save the school, but they are all written in maritime riddles. âAfter five bells sound, time to sit down.â What the heck does that mean? Itâs hard to know where to begin when Ben and Jill donât even know what they are looking for. All Lyman, the snake posing as the school janitor, needs to know, though, is that they are looking, and that could mean the end of the 30-million-dollar development deal that pays his salary. (Which, by the way, is MUCH larger than a typical janitor makes.) As Lyman lurks in the shadowsâand sometimes not in the shadowsâBen and Jill have to add another to-do to their list of things to accomplish in the next twenty-one days: (1) Figure out the clues left by past Keepers of the School Groups, (2) figure out how these clues will help them save the school, and (3) stay one step ahead of Lyman. Thatâs the missionâŚwhich seems, at times, impossible.
The second installment in this riveting and mysterious six-book series is as action-packed as the first one, culminating in a faceoff between Ben and Lyman. âAfter five bells sound, time to sit downâ makes for a good riddle, but Ben also knows when itâs time to stand upâŚfor Oakes School and for himself.