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The bad beginning / by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist.

Snicket, Lemony, (author.). Helquist, Brett, (illustrator.).

Summary:

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. 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. Now imagine if this scourge suddenly became available in a shameful new edition so sensational, so irresistible, so riddled with lurid new pictures that even a common urchin would wish for it. Who among us would be safe? -- Publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060283122
  • ISBN: 9780060283124
  • ISBN: 9780062796028
  • ISBN: 006279602X
  • ISBN: 9780064407663
  • ISBN: 0064407667
  • ISBN: 9780062206046
  • ISBN: 0062206044
  • ISBN: 9780807288474
  • ISBN: 0807288470
  • ISBN: 0439206472
  • ISBN: 9780439206471
  • ISBN: 0439227585
  • ISBN: 9780439227582
  • ISBN: 9780061146305
  • ISBN: 0061146307
  • ISBN: 006075589X
  • ISBN: 9780060755898
  • ISBN: 9781428747234
  • ISBN: 1428747230
  • ISBN: 1417788402
  • ISBN: 9781417788408
  • ISBN: 9781405266062
  • ISBN: 1405266066
  • ISBN: 0786229748
  • Physical Description: 162 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
1010L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR Grades 5-8 6.4 4.0 AR Quiz No. 41281.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 4 41281.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.4 4.0 41281.
Accelerated Reader 6.2.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.1 7 Quiz: 20828 Guided reading level: V.
Awards Note:
Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee, 2001.
Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Nominee, 2003.
Subject: Baudelaire, Violet (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Baudelaire, Klaus (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings.
Genre: Humorous fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.

Available copies

  • 148 of 194 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 194 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Part Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library JUV SNI (Text) 37810435582324 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library J SNICKET (Text) 39493105033254 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Albertson Community Library JFIC SNI (Text) 30372100575981 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library J Snicket (Text) 34269001378620 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library JF SNICKET (Text) 30664100281390 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Allen Library JFIC SNICKET (Text) 38198000294767 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Andrews Public Library J F SNI (Text) 80605003690046 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Andrews Public Library J SNI (Text) No. 1 80605000729086 Juvenile Fiction In transit -
Angier Public Library J F Sni (Text) 33632002722909 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library JF SNICKET (Text) 34510800169383 Juvenile Fiction Available -