The Carnivorous Carnival
Series of Unfortunate Events Series
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Book 9 in the Series of Unfortunate Events series
Pages: 286
Published: 2002
Age: 9+
Dear Reader,
The word "carnivorous," which appears in the title of this book, means "meat-eating," and once you have read such a bloodthirsty word, there is no reason to read any further. This carnivorous volume contains such a distressing story that consuming any of its contents would be far more stomach-turning than even the most imbalanced meal.
To avoid causing discomfort, it would be best if I didn't mention any of the unnerving ingredients of this story, particularly a confusing map, an ambidextrous person, an unruly crowd, a wooden plank, and Chabo the Wolf Baby.
Sadly for me, my time is filled with researching and recording the displeasing and disenchanting lives of the Baudelaire orphans. But your time might be better filled with something more palatable, such as eating your vegetables, or feeding them to someone else.
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...