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The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9) (Hardcover)
by Lemony Snicket
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Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pub. in: October, 2002
ISBN: 0064410129
Pages: 286
Measurements: 7.3 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00429
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0064410120
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Lemony Snicket does it once again with the ninth installment in his series. The book has to be one of the best ones in the series. The ninth novel starts out with Lemony talking about his journey through the years finding all the information on the Baudlaires lives. After it skips to the story...
The ninth book is about the Baudlaires traveling once again but instead of walkign they are crammmed in a trunk of a car and not any ordinary car Count Olaf's car (the evil villan after their million doller fortune). They are now stranded at an old carnival sight. Not to be discovered by the Count they disguise themsleves as freaks (EX: sunny is diguised as a wolf baby) for a carnival actraction. but, the Baudlaires get into more nail bitting situations in this book and will keep you on the edge of your seat. With even more evil villians, fortune tellers, carnival freaks, and a lion pit you won't put this down until you finish.
I also love who Lemony writes to the editors about the next book. He has his own unique way of writing and the illistrations are awesome as well. I can't wait for the next one. Check out The House On Awful End if you like Lemony Snicket. The books are like the Unfortunate Events Books!
(Quoting from Anna, USA)
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Lemony Snicket is the author of all 170 chapters in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Despite everything, he is still at large.
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From Publisher
Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks?
A carnival is a place for good family fun - as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans, their time at the carnival turns out to be yet another episode in a now unbearable series of unfortunate events. In fact, in this appalling ninth instalment in Lemony Snicket's serial, the siblings must confront a terrible lie, a caravan, and Chabo the wolf baby. With millions of readers worldwide, and the Baudelaire's fate turning from unpleasant to unseemly, it is clear that Lemony Snicket has taken nearly all the fun out of children's books.
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On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
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Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
In the ninth title in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Carnivorous Carnival, the Baudelaire siblings are falsely accused of murder. On the run from Count Olaf (the real killer), the three disguise themselves in Madame Lulu's House of Freaks; Violet and Klaus masquerade as the two-headed Beverly/Elliot; Sunny poses as Chabo the Wolf Baby. Ages 10-up.
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School Library Journal (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
Grade 4-7-This installment in the woeful tale of the unlucky Baudelaire orphans takes them (via the trunk of Count Olaf's car, unbeknownst to him) to the Caligari Carnival in the middle of the hinterlands. Madame Lulu has used her crystal ball in the past to help him find the children after their narrow escapes, but this time he also wants her to discern the truth about whether or not either of their parents is still alive. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny disguise themselves as freaks so that they can stay at the carnival and hopefully get to the crystal ball before the Count does. They suffer the indignation of performing in their new roles, face off a bloodthirsty mob, and escape from a pit of hungry lions. New and deviously entertaining characters are added to the cast, including Kevin the ambidextrous man, Colette the contortionist, and Hugo the hunchback. The humor is as sharp as ever, the suspense will keep readers at the edge of their seats, and the cliff-hanger ending will make them eagerly await the next episode.
Heather Dieffenbach, Lexington Public Library, KY
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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AudioFile (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
In this ninth adventure of the Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny become "freaks" in a carnival in their continuing efforts to avoid the villainous Count Olaf. Full of the usual "definitions," interesting but often irreverent explanations of common and uncommon activities, Snicket's oeuvre offers drama, connections to previous books, and literary allusions to tempt the older reader. All of this is delivered in Tim Curry's consistently excellent voice. He breathes evil into Count Olaf and his cohorts and becomes the foreign Madame Lulu. After creating distinct individualized voices for each character, he creates a new and different voice for many of those same characters as disguises go on and come off. Curry is a master of dry, ironic tones that add an additional undercurrent of suspense, keeping the listener off-balance throughout. W.L.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine - Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine -This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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Booklist (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-20 00:00>
Gr. 4-8. In the ninth volume in the popular Series of Unfortunate Events, the Baudelaire orphans, who have arrived at the Caligari Carnival, disguise themselves in order to investigate a mysterious fortune-teller. Violet and Klaus masquerade as a two-headed carnival freak, and baby Sonny masquerades as Chabo the Wolf Baby, and they share in the humiliation of the other "freaks" (an ambidextrous man, a female contortionist, and a man with a hunchback). When one of the performers is to be thrown to hungry lions, the children find themselves faced with a terrible dilemma. Children faithful to the series won't be surprised when the book does NOT end happily; nor will they find it unusual that Snicket continues to entertain with witty asides and a satirical point of view. The overall story moves along nicely toward the conclusion of the planned 13-volume series; at the same time, the author successfully uses this book as a platform to communicate a good deal about individuals who belittle others and what it feels like to be on the end of the horrible barbs. Susan Dove Lempke
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