The Bad Beginning

$12.79

Hardcover
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publish Date: August 1999
Language: English
Reading Level: 6.4
EAN: 9780064407663

Overview

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

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.

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 odor.

Details

Pages: 176
Dimensions: 7.25 x 5.17 x 0.82 in
Lexile Score: 1010
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 4
ISBN: 0064407667

Awards

2003 Colorado Children's Book Award - Winner (Junior Novel)
2003 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee (Juvenile)
2003 Nene Award - Winner (Children's Fiction)
2001 Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee (Child. Lit.)