Snicket, Lemony.

The bad beginning / by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist. - 162 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - A series of unfortunate events ; bk. 1 .

Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal, November 1999. Pub Weekly, September 1999. Kirkus Starred, July 1999. Booklist, December 1999. New York Times, May 2003. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 1999. Christian Library, February 2003.

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.

6.4 5-8 1010L Lexile V Fountas

0060283122 (lib. bdg.) 0064407667 006075589X 9780060283124 9780064407663 9780060755898 9780062206046 9780061146305 9780062796028 9781405266062

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Orphans--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Baudelaire, Klaus (Fictional character)--Fiction.
Baudelaire, Sunny (Fictional character)--Fiction.
Baudelaire, Violet (Fictional character)--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Humorous stories.

PZ7.S6795 / Bad 1999

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