After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.
"Follow the tragic Baudelaire orphans with this intriguig series of eerie and unfortunate events as they outsmart the cunning Count Olafin these wicket tales."--Container box.
Presents the first three books in the series which chronicles the catastrophes and misfortunes of the resourceful Baudelaire children, as they become wealthy orphans and must elude a distant relative, the greedy and dastardly Count Olaf.
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
"Follow the tragic Baudelaire orphans with this intriguig series of eerie and unfortunate events as they outsmart the cunning Count Olafin these wicket tales."--Container box.
Dear Reader, if you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted; but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all. If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane,...
"Follow the tragic Baudelaire orphans with this intriguig series of eerie and unfortunate events as they outsmart the cunning Count Olafin these wicket tales."--Container box.
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Beaudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
Audie Award finalist for 2004! Eeeek! More dastardly doings for the poor Baudelaire orphans. This time, fortune really turns against them, with distressing details such as snow gnats, a villain with a wicked plan, a secret headquarters, and some dangerous antics you should not try at home.
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
While very little has been revealed about this next-to-last title in the Series of Unfortunate Events series, this book does have things getting much worse, an evil Count Olaf, and the Baudelaire Orphans losing a contest.
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.
The elusive author provides a glimpse into his mysterious and sometimes confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries, and other miscellaneous documents as well as photographs and illustrations.
The bad beginning: "When the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with the cunning Count Olaf, life quickly turns grim with endless chores and cruel tricks. Through wit and courage, the children ruin his devious scheme to marry Violet and steal their family inheritance. However, Olaf escapes and vows to return, sealing the children's fate with even greater misfortunes ahead. Narrated by Tim Curry."-- US.Tonies.com
