Grade 4-6-The resourceful, likable, but extremely unlucky
orphans Violet, Klaus, and baby Sunny continue to flee from the
clutches of the fortune-hunting, disguise-wearing Count Olaf. Also,
they need to discover the whereabouts of their kidnapped friends,
Duncan and Isadora Quagmire, based on the puzzling clue "V.F.D." In
Elevator, the three Baudelaires go to live in the penthouse of the
trend-following Jerome and Esm? Squalor, who adopt the children
because orphans are "in." Despite the
內容簡介:
I can think of no single reason why anyone would want to open a
book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an
angry mob, a newspaper headline, the arrest of innocent people, the
Deluxe Cell, and some very strange hats.
It is my solemn and sacred occupation to research each detail of
the Baudelaire children''s lives and write them all down, but you
may prefer to do some other solemn and sacred thing, such as
reading another book instead.
關於作者:
Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler, who was born
on February 28, 1970. As Lemony Snicket, he is the author of and
appears as a character in the children''s book series A Series of
Unfortunate Events. He has also written or contributed to other
works under the pen name of Lemony Snicket that are not related to
A Series of Unfortunate Events including Baby in the Manger, The
Lump of Coal, and The Composer is Dead. Under his real name,
Handler is the author of several books for adults including The
Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs.
Brett Helquist''s celebrated art has graced books from the charming
"Roger, the Jolly Pirate", to the alarming "New York Times"
bestselling "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket, to
the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens'' "A
Christmas Carol". He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New
York.