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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100064407691

ISBN-139780064407694

eBay Product ID (ePID)1085796

Product Key Features

Book TitleSeries of Unfortunate events #4: the Miserable Mill

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicHumorous Stories, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, General, Family / Siblings

IllustratorKupperman, Michael, Helquist, Brett, Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorLemony Snicket

Book SeriesA Series of Unfortunate events Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight8.9 Oz

Item Length7.3 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN99-042695

TitleLeadingA

Grade FromFifth Grade

Series Volume Number4

Grade ToSixth Grade

SynopsisI hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumber mill, and they find disaster and misfortune lurking behind every log. The pages of this book, I m sorry to inform you, contain such unpleasantries as a giant pincher machine, a bad casserole, a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be, a hypnotist, a terrible accident resulting in injury, and coupons. I have promised to write down the entire history of these three poor children, but you haven t, so if you prefer stories that are more heartwarming, please feel free to make another selection. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket Ages 10+ ", As Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire look out the grimy window of the train taking them to The Lucky Smells Lumber Mill to live, they can't help but wonder what lies ahead. Will misfortune lurk behind every log Though these children are clever, resilient, and good-looking, everything that could possibly go wrong for them, unfortunately, usually does. In this forth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, I'm sorry to say, the children will encounter a giant pincher machine, a bad casserole, a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be, a hypnotist, a ghastly accident, and coupons. From the tradition of classic tales for children, where terrible things always seem to befall orphans, comes this exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. This latest installment in Lemony Snicket's uproariously unhappy series may just be the worst yet. Praise for THE BAD BEGINNING: "Wicked good fun" - Pointer Review/Kirkus Reviews, I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumber mill, and they find disaster and misfortune lurking behind every log. The pages of this book, Im sorry to inform you, contain such unpleasantries as a giant pincher machine, a bad casserole, a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be, a hypnotist, a terrible accident resulting in injury, and coupons. I have promised to write down the entire history of these three poor children, but you havent, so if you prefer stories that are more heartwarming, please feel free to make another selection. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket Ages 10+

LC Classification NumberPZ7.S6795Mi 2000