The Ersatz Elevator
Series of Unfortunate Events Series
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Book 6 in the Series of Unfortunate Events series
Pages: 259
Published: 2001
Age: 9+
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 dire warnings.
About the Series of Unfortunate Events Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans!(1999)
- 2.The Reptile Room: Or, Murder!(1999)
- 3.The Wide Window: Or, Disappearance!(2000)
- 4.The Miserable Mill(2000)
- 5.The Austere Academy(2000)
- 6.The Ersatz Elevator(2001)
- 7.The Vile Village(2001)
- 8.The Hostile Hospital(2001)
- 9.The Carnivorous Carnival(2002)
- 10.The Slippery Slope(2003)
- 11.The Grim Grotto(2004)
- 12.The Penultimate Peril(2005)
- 13.The End(2006)
Reading age: 9+ years
This series should be read in order.
Imagine tales so terrible that as many as fifty million innocents have been ruined by them - tales so indelibly horrid that the New York Times bestseller list has been unable to rid itself of them for seven years...
This darkly humorous adventure series tells the miserable tale of the ill-fated Baudelaire siblings and their menacing relative Count Olaf. When the children receive the terrible news that their parents have died and their home has been burned to the ground, Violet, Klaus and Sunny are shipped off to live with a distant relative - the greedy and revolting Count Olaf - whose only interest lies in wheedling the poor children out of their substanial inheritance.
But unbeknowst to the conniving Count, these children are not so easily thwarted. Violet is one of the greatest inventors of her time, Klaus is a bookish-type with immense general knowledge and little Sunny possesses four razor-sharp teeth which she will not hesitate to use if threatened. The despicable Count has met his match with these three orphans! Read on if you dare...