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A Series of Unfortunate Events

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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Dear Reader,

You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment of their stay in the village of V.F.D. has been faithfully and dreadfully recorded in these pages.

I can think of no single reason why anyone

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2) The austere academy

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Series of Unfortunate Events volume Book 5
Series of unfortunate events volume 5

Lexile measure

1120L

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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.

3) The reptile room

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Series of Unfortunate Events volume 2

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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.

4) The wide window

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Series of Unfortunate Events volume Book 3
Series of unfortunate events volume 3

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Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after being sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine, who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery.

5) The ersatz elevator

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Series of Unfortunate Events volume Book 6
Series of unfortunate events volume 6

Lexile measure

1110L

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The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esme Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.

6) The Hostile Hospital

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Series of unfortunate events volume 8
Series of unfortunate events volume Book 8

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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.

7) The miserable mill

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Series of unfortunate events volume Book 4
Series of unfortunate events volume 4

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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.

8) The vile village

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Series of Unfortunate Events volume Book 7
Series of unfortunate events volume 7

Lexile measure

1080L

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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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.

9) The carnivorous carnival

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Series of unfortunate events volume 9
Series of unfortunate events volume Book 9

Lexile measure

1120L

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On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.

10) The slippery slope

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Series of unfortunate events volume 10
Series of unfortunate events volume Book 10

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In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."

11) The grim grotto

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Series of unfortunate events volume 11
Series of unfortunate events volume Book 11

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1040L

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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.

12) The penultimate peril

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Series of unfortunate events volume Book 12
Series of unfortunate events volume 12

Lexile measure

NC 1150L

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Book, eAudiobook

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The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and by others.

13) The end

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Series of unfortunate events volume Book 13
Series of unfortunate events volume 13

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NC 1370L

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Book, eAudiobook

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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.

14) The bad beginning

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Series of unfortunate events volume 01
Series of unfortunate events volume 1

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