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The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED] (Audio CD)
by Lemony Snicket
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Ages 9-12, Family Life |
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Amazon.com (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Daniel Handler
Q: Your Wikipedia (online encyclopedia) entry defines you as author, screenwriter, and accordionist. Is that how you would describe yourself?
A: I find that nothing makes people back away faster at a social gathering than "accordionist." Except perhaps "screenwriter." And, even "author" always makes people nervous, so I usually say "writer."
Q: How long have you been writing?
A: All my life really, since I was able to write all I wanted to do was write. I think largely I ended up becoming a writer because I could think of nothing else that I was good at - at all. As a kid, I always wanted to be a writer, and I had no backup plan whatsoever as an adult.
Q: Are the Baudelaire children ever going to be happy?
A: Well, they are happy on a regular basis, just not for very long. Um, are they ever going to be happy permanently? I don't know any permanently happy people, thank goodness.
Q: Okay, then is the series going to end on a happy note?
A: Well, I always remind readers of the Snicket books that happy is a comparative term, so the end will be happier than some people would think, but less happy than others.
Q: When can fans expect the final book?
A: I believe the thirteenth volume will be released in the fall of 2006, although something terrible could happen to the author at any moment and then the books would not be released at all.
Experience Snicket in the worst way possible: from the very beginning. Here are twelve books contained in four boxes in one terrible shipment. The Horrendous Heap also contains four unfortunate gifts, more upsetting than an itchy sweater in an unflattering color, including:
- A full-color print of one of Brett Helquist's most worrying illustrations, suitable for framing or burying in the backyard.
-A door-hanger, designed to keep unfortunate events out of any room with a door.
- A full page of black-and-white stickers, fit for sticking wherever unfortunate events arise.
- An iron-on, which can render any piece of clothing a part of the uniform of a secret organization.
Please be warned. This offering is a great deal of misfortune. Lemony Snicket advises against the reading, framing, hanging, sticking, or wearing of unfortunate events. In fact, you might be better off ordering a less horrendous heap, if you prefer that sort of thing.
Fans of the Lemony Snicket books can download and fold their own Misfortune Teller, by following these simple instructions. Once the Misfortune Teller is complete, all that is necesary is a willing victim, er, subject, and let the games begin!
Lemony Snicket has captured the hearts of childen and adults alike with the hilariously gloomy series that began, of course, with The Bad Beginning. Amazon.com had a chance to question the author of this marvelously morbid and delightfully depressing series, and the communication was grim indeed. Read the cumbersome communique and see for yourself. |
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AudioFile (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
Lemony Snicket is letting out all the stops in this next-to-last undertaking. The Baudelaire orphans are sent to the Hotel Denouement, where they meet old pals from earlier stories and act as concierge-detectives. The hotel is run by Frank and Ernest and is arranged according to Dewey decimal classification. Narrator Tim Curry demonstrates his considerable talent delivering great puns, wordplay, singing, and the best villainous cackle anywhere. There are even more word definitions than usual, and hearing the hotel clock gong "WRONG" on the hour, as if on cue, is hilarious. Snicket and Curry offer laughs and an unusual learning tool that is irresistible to listeners of all ages. S.G.B. 2006 Audie Award Finalist © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine - Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine -This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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Booklist (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
Gr. 5-8. "Book the Twelfth," second to last in the fantastically popular A Series of Unfortunate Events, reunites the beleaguered Baudelaire orphans with a host of characters from previous adventures as they gather at Hotel Denouement (with rooms organized according to the Dewey decimal system) to await the delivery of-the sugar bowl. Well, fans will get the drift, despite the fact that this inventive go-round seems more dizzying and stuffed with definitions than usual. But even as the series draws to a close, new questions arise-the most important one being, are the kids valorous volunteers or villains after all? Stephanie Zvirin
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved -This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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A Kid's Review (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
Do you like unfortunate stories? Well, I do. In A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Penultimate Peril, by Lemony Snicket is a great mystery novel that puts some parts of this puzzle together.
The Baudelaire orphans, Violet, an astonishing inventor for her age, Klaus, a walking library who takes notes exceptionally well and Sunny, a great cook with oddly sharp teeth. After hopping into a mysterious taxi, the driver says she has known the children for a very long time. She is part of the VFD which is trying to save the children from evil. She gives the children hotel uniforms and tells them to spy on their enemies. They are dropped off by the taxi in front of Hotel Denouement where everything is literally upside down. While spying the children notice many familiar faces, one of them their most hated guardian, Count Olaf who is cooking up a plot to get the prized possession of the sugar bowl. Will the Baudelaire's see the Quagmire's again? Whose initials are J.S? Are the orphan's parents alive?
Being a huge fan of Lemony Snicket and this entire series I really enjoyed this book. If you love a good mystery and putting clues together you will like this. Also, you MUST read the first eleven books in this series to understand everything that's going on.
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Leon (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
Have any of you ever read a book by the author Lemony Snicket?Well if you have you should know that he is an anonymous author,which here means that he chooses to keep his identity private.
The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket was a very good book and contains a lot of adventure.This book is the 12th book in the Series of Unfortunate Events.Lemony Snicket claims that the life of the Baudelaires are so trecherous that he needed to use thirteen books to explain.
The main characters are Violet,Sunny,and Klaus Budelaire.A conflict that these orphans have is that they lost thier parents in a dreadful fire,and were being followed by an evil villian by the name of Count Olaf.Olaf was after the fortune that was has been left behind for the orphans.
The Penultimate Peril takes place in a taxi that was being driven very wildly by a voulunterr.A volunteer is a noble person that was in the same association as their parents.During this story,the orphans did evil deeds to make sure that they were not noticed by any other villians along with Count Olaf.These acts confused the villians into thinking that they were working their schemes along with them.
To not give away this fine story i am going to end my summary.I would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys reading mysterious and adventurous books.I suggest you not read this book if you do not like exciting books where justice is being done to evil villians.I really enjoyed this book and I know that you would also. |
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