

Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution… You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read.

It can also be downloaded for free from Libby.There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ but misery and despair. You are left asking even more questions, and wondering why the Baudelaires are in the predicaments they are in.Ī Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket is available for checkout from the Mission Viejo Library. As well as expanding upon the mystery that has been growing throughout the series. Yet it also teaches them about how important it is to be brave, even in the face of total darkness. It teaches the Baudelaires about the failings of adults and why the world is as bad as it is. The book is by far one of the greatest in the series, as it walks the fine line between fiction and reality. From this point onwards the book is filled with mystery, adventure, and emotion. Inevitably their enjoyment in the penthouse is short-lived after they spot Count Olaf, who is once again attempting to get his hands on the orphans and their fortune. To the point that he does whatever Esme says even if it involved eating salmon, a food he despises.

Jerome on the other hand is an incredibly kind man who doesn’t care about popularity, but also hates arguing.

Lucky for them, orphans are in, thus they are allowed to stay in the roughly 76 room penthouse. They quickly learn that Esme only cares about what’s “in” and what’s “out” or what is popular and what is not. The book immediately starts with the children meeting their new guardians, Jerome and Esme Squalor. Similar to the previous novels it does this whilst exploring the lives of the Baudelaire orphans as they are passed to yet another guardian, who inevitably turns out to be a disappointment. Published in 2001 the book tackles the problems of wealth, the phoniness of pop culture, and the necessity of arguing. The Ersatz Elevator is the 6th book in the Unfortunate Events series by Daniel Handler, pen name Lemony Snicket.
