A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
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Product description
The first book in the Baudelaire siblings’ miserable saga of woe and misfortune. From the bad beginning to the bitter end, there’s nothing but darkness in store! One day, Violet, Klaus and Sunny receive terrible news. Their house has burned to the ground. Their parents are dead – and they are being sent to live with their rotten relative Count Olaf. He treats them like slaves, but that’s not all. He will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get his hands on the family fortune. Will they ever escape the ogre Olaf and his hideous henchmen? Comical, wry, gothic and clever, Lemony Snicket’s blackly funny tales are true cult classics. Forget happy endings!
Product Details
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Format
Hardback
ISBN
9781405208673
Accelerated Reader
AR book level: 6.4; Middle years; 4.0 points
Other details
- 180 pages
Condition
New
Part of this Series
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What kids think
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Cheerforevers
on 9 March 2014This is the first in the series.
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ellie-melay27
on 5 March 2013i loved it. i loved how those 3 never fail to get themselves out of any trouble that they are in with count Olaf.
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Sherlock25
on 5 March 2013I tried to read this book a couple of years ago and i couldnt get into it.
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Too-Amazayn
on 5 March 2013It’s a little strange how even though these books each have their unfortunate event they are really enjoyable, each page spent in anticipation of Violets inventions, Klaus’ knowledge and sunny’s Bites. this is the first in the series where we first meet and fall in love with the orphan, still unsuspecting of all the misfortune yet to come.
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lap312i
on 4 March 2013i wanna try it
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catlover96
on 4 March 2013This book is really, really cool. It’s dark but at the same time really funny. I definitely recommend it.
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lmdrld
on 4 March 2013This is the first book of the series and is when the siblings find their new home.
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Jennicom
on 19 January 2013I love this book! There are sad parts happy parts and lots of unfortunate parts! When Snicket says “If you are fond of fairy tales with happy endings then put this book down now and pick something more to your liking” he means it!
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Gangsta38
on 1 October 2012It’s a great book to start a long running series
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GogirlOMG
on 7 April 2012I really love these book especially the fact that they have a letter to start off with. I’m now on the 4th book.
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hamy1710
on 3 March 2012very good
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Flissy22
on 2 March 2012i like all the books but the beginning id the best one.
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lemonhoneysss10
on 2 March 2012The first book in the series. It really starts off well and is a comical, sad and gripping story!
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la1397
on 2 March 2012I loved this series, but the first was my favourite. You got to know all about the different characters, and it was written in a really intriguing way. Loved it loads.
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Maya125
on 1 March 2012I lived this book xx
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angelslater
on 1 March 2012it is bad but good sad but happy, i love this series
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miusic
on 17 February 2012its really sad to read but when you read it you want to find out more and more and more.
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Sally2865
on 27 January 2012it was amazing I loved it but it was sad at the same time especially when they had to do awful chores.
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luckylucia4233
on 30 November 2011i love this book and i read all 13
5 out of 5 -
Nevey
on 24 April 2011Made me laugh and cry at the same time. I just love this book.
5 out of 5 -
randompenguin
on 4 March 2011i asked my mum to bring me a book and she brought back this book. it didnt look like something i wanted to read – it looked too dull – but i was sooooo wrong. this is my favourite series of books – loved trying to solve the mystery!i’ve read all 13 books, unable to put it down. there’s always something happening and twists all the time. everyone should read these books. trust me. the mystery of the baudelaire orphans awaits
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xxisabellatrixx
on 27 February 2011i picked these books up when i was bored and thewy sounded like exactly the kind of book i might like. i was wrong. i loved it it was full of great plots and evil schemes, and crammed with awesome storylines
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Lulagee2000
on 22 December 2010I Don’t know how these poor children survive around this evil and woeful Count Olaf, and now everywhere they go, they can’t enjoy it because they always think that Count Olaf is going to be there! Fantastic book and i recommend this to boys and girl from the age of 9-16 it is just a brilliant book and now i am obsessed with Lemony Snicket, i would love to meet him!
5 out of 5 -
Lulagee
on 20 December 2010I started reading this book and the Things that happen in this book are awful! I feel so sorry for the poor Baudelaire Children. If you haven’t read this book i sugest you do because this is the best book anyone will read in their lifetime. When i read it, about 8 other children in my class started reading it because i suggested it to them and even though they don’t read very much, they all say they love the book and they are so glad they read it. Definatley 5 whole stars and i recommend this to boys and girls over 9 years old
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olivia08
on 16 December 2010This book is about three children.There farther and mother died in a fire so they were sent to there uncles. He treated them horribly.He wanted to marry Violet the oldest and have children,and wanted to get rid of the two.He loked Violet in the castle just before they was going to maay on stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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alidai92
on 18 September 2009this was a fab book i loved it and now i am reading number nine of the series of unfortunate events !
5 out of 5 -
ilovebooksforever
on 8 September 2009i love this book i have read it 3 times but it is sad because there parents die
5 out of 5 -
saf234
on 7 August 2009This book is brilliant and it is the first one in the series so if you realy loved this book i would carry on reading them and read them all.I have read all of them and i just thought they were just outstanding and i no when i started reading them my friends did to.
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moon92
on 25 July 2009It is very creepy and very cool
5 out of 5 -
sianhq123
on 9 July 2009i am 11 and i loved it but i think if u are under the age of 10 u may find it hard to read (but i dont.) i have read most of them but not all.
5 out of 5 -
jacbwoy
on 28 June 2009this book is a great book but a bit sad because there die and count olaf does many bad things to them that why it called bad beginning
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J-Q-A-F
on 19 June 2009i have read this book and it was ok but it was not one of my fav book’s.But is still a good book
4 out of 5 -
3456tulip
on 18 June 2009I have read the whole series and they are very good. Sometimes it gets a bit boring because nothing apart from sad things happen in them.
4 out of 5 -
marli
on 2 June 2009It is a brilliant book and should be read by all!I loved it so much I’m lost for words! ,It has quite a few hard words but it explains in a funny way,giving examples and including personal life.this is the first book and will make you want to read the rest.This is only the start of intrest to the bauldalires as thier life unfolds to discover unbareable secrets that instead of make you run away ,makes you want to dive deeper into their lives of misfortune!
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imissmjxxx
on 8 March 2009I’m a fan of Lemony Snicket’s books! They are really fun stories! You can really imagine the whole story in front of u! U actually kind of beleive that this story is real! I would recommend it to anyone at all! Everyonce should get to read this book!
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CharlieGiraffe22
on 17 January 2009This book was really good and it gets really tense at the end, this is because of one question – will Violet marry Count Olaf?
5 out of 5 -
KatieCookie
on 6 January 2009I loved this book because I like the way Lemony Snicket sneaks in parts of his life and when he explains things. I also like it when Sunny says a small word and it means a really long sentance that would take ages to say, but if she says a long word, it means a short sentence.
5 out of 5
OwlGeek
on 3 June 2016
AMAZING! read this book if you haven’t if you have READ IT AGAIN!!!!!!