A Series of Unfortunate Events #9: The Carnivorous Carnival

Lemony Snicket

HarperCollins, Oct 29, 2002 - Juvenile Fiction - 286 pages

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.

About the author

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. In 2013 he made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title Where Did You See Her Last?. Under his real name, Handler is the author of several books for adults including The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs.

Brett Helquist's celebrated art has graced books from the charming Roger, The Jolly Pirate, to the alarming New York Times bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events, to the cozy E. B. White Read-Aloud Award finalist bedtime for bear. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Series of Unfortunate Events #9: The Carnivorous Carnival; Book 9 of A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket; New South Wales Premier’s Reading Challenge 5-6
• Author: Lemony Snicket
• Illustrated by: Brett Helquist
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 2002
• ISBN: 0060296402, 9780060296407
• Length: 286 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes; Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings; Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories