Description
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.
In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, a lumpy bed, a deadly serpent, a large brass reading lamp, a long knife, and a terrible odour.
In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.
Author: Lemony Snicket
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 08/25/1999
Series: A Unfortunate Events #2
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.36h x 5.24w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780064407670
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 41286 / Reptile Room
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 08/01/1999 pg. 40
Publishers Weekly 09/06/1999 pg. 104
School Library Journal 11/01/1999 pg. 165
Booklist 12/01/1999 pg. 707
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 88 - Recommended, Satisfactory
USA Today 12/18/2002 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 88 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Library Journal 11/01/1999
About the Author
Snicket, Lemony: -
Lemony Snicket had an unusual education which may or may not explain his ability to evade capture. He is the author of the 13 volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, several picture books including The Dark, and the books collectively titled All The Wrong Questions.
Helquist, Brett: -Brett Helquist's celebrated art has graced books from the charming Bedtime for Bear, which he also wrote, to the New York Times-bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.
Kupperman, Michael: - Michael Kupperman has done many illustrations for such publications as Fortune, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. He frequently writes scripts for DC Comics. This is his first book.