The Ersatz Elevator
What's This Book About
In their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the place where all their misfortune began. Even though their new home in the city is fancy, and the children are clever and charming, I’m sorry to say that still, the unlucky orphans will encounter more disaster and woe. In fact, in this sixth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, the children will experience a darkened staircase, a red herring, an auction, parsley soda, some friends in a dire situation, a secret passageway, and pinstripe suits. Both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted, A Series of Unfortunate Events offers an exquisitely dark comedy in the tradition of Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl. Lemon Snicket’s uproariously unhappy books continue to win readers, despite all his warnings.
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This is the sixth book in the Series of Unfortunate Events book series, and it was one of my favorites. The hilariously tragic plight of the Baudelaire children continues, but it was around this point that the pace and structure of the plot really started to pick up, becoming less episodic and more continuous. Each book is like a little puzzle to figure out, and the series as a whole is a much bigger puzzle.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Lemony Snicket is the author of the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events; several picture books, including The Dark; and the books collectively titled All the Wrong Questions.
Brett Helquist’s celebrated art has graced books from the charming Bedtime for Bear, which he also wrote, to the New York Times-bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.
Michael Kupperman has done many illustrations for such publications as Fortune, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. He frequently writes scripts for DC Comics. This is his first book.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780064408646
- Publication Date
- February 20, 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Page Count
- 259
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
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