A Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril

Lemony Snicket

Oct 2009 · A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 12 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events. Scream and run away before the secrets of the series are revealed!

Very little is known about Lemony Snicket and A Series of Unfortunate Events. What we do know is contained in the following brief list:

• The books have inexplicably sold millions and millions of copies worldwide
• People in more than 40 countries are consumed by consuming Snicket
• The movie was as sad as the books, if not more so
• Like unrefrigerated butter and fungus, the popularity of these books keeps spreading

Even less is known about book the twelfth in this alarming phenomenon. What we do know is contained in the following brief list:

• In this book, things only get worse
• Count Olaf is still evil
• The Baudelaire orphans do not win a contest
• The title begins with the word ‘The’

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Ratings and reviews

Torn between the mystery of two look-alike twins, which one is evil? This ?ing book will excite you and frighten those who dare read it. I couldn't put it down. -Crum

This is a great book, some of Lemony Snicket's best work. But don't take my word for it, read it yourself! You'll find out about a suspicious taxi, identical twins, a backwards hotel, and people the Baudelaires hoped never to see again. Even if the Baudelaire orphans did not thoroughly enjoy this chapter in their lives, you will.

This was one of my favourite books becasue it always has something happening that grips you and makes you wnat to read on... The entire idea of the hotel and the orphans hiding their is a very good one.

About the author

Lemony Snicket had an unusual education, which may or may not explain his ability to evade capture. He is the author of the 13 volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, several picture books including The Dark, and the books collectively titled All The Wrong Questions.

Brett Helquist's celebrated art has graced books from the charming Bedtime for Bear, which he also wrote, to the New York Times–bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.