The Hostile Hospital
Series of Unfortunate Events Series
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Book 8 in the Series of Unfortunate Events series
Pages: 258
Published: 2001
Age: 9+
Dear Reader,
It is my solemn duty to inform you that this book is the only one which describes every last detail of the Baudelaire children's miserable stay at Heimlich Hospital, which makes it one of the most dreadful books in the world.
There are man pleasant things to read about, but this book contains none of them. Within its pages are such burdensome details as a suspicious shopkeeper, unnecessary surgery, an intercom system, anesthesia, heart-shaped balloons, and some very startling news about a fire. Clearly you do not want to read about such things.
I have sworn to research this story, and to write it down as best I can, so I should know that this book is best left unread by those who enjoy tales of mirth and merriment.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
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...