Dear reader There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'
but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series
to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans
then proceed with caution... 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 Slippery Slope the siblings face a secret message a toboggan a
deceitful trap a swarm of snow gnats and a scheming villain... 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. Despite their wretched contents 'A Series of
Unfortunate Events' has sold 60 million copies worldwide and been made into a Hollywood film
starring Jim Carrey. And in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the
forthcoming Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris. You have been warned. Are you unlucky
enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The
Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital
The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And
what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles
his dangerous and puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows
anything about: 'Who Could That Be at This Hour?' 'When Did you Last See Her?' 'Shouldn't You
Be in School?' 'Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born
before you were and is likely to die before you as well. He was born in a small town where the
inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He grew up near the sea and currently lives
beneath it. Until recently he was living somewhere else. Brett Helquist was born in Ganado
Arizona grew up in Orem Utah and now lives in New York City. He earned a bachelor's degree
in fine arts from Brigham Young University and has been illustrating ever since. His art has
appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine and The New York Times.
