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
內容簡介:
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.
關於作者:
Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler, who was born
on February 28, 1970. As Lemony Snicket, he is the author of and
appears as a character in the children''s book series A Series of
Unfortunate Events. He has also written or contributed to other
works under the pen name of Lemony Snicket that are not related to
A Series of Unfortunate Events including Baby in the Manger, The
Lump of Coal, and The Composer is Dead. Under his real name,
Handler is the author of several books for adults including The
Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs.