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The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lemony Snicket
Creators: Brett Helquist, Michael Kupperman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  209 reviews
Sales Rank: 9121
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 286
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0064410129
EAN: 9780064410120
ASIN: 0064410129
Publication Date: October 2002
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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. Ages 10+
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 The events escalate in number and unfortune December 2, 2008
In which the Baudelaires are again totally on their own (whither Mr. Poe?) within easy reach of Count Olaf at the titular carnival. The intensity is building, and the events seem to be escalating in number and unfortune.
Followed by: The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10)
An Interesting book September 28, 2008
After escaping the burning hospital the Baudelaire seek refuge in a trunk of the notorious villain Count Olaf. Count Olaf has come to a rundown carnival to see a mysterious Fortuneteller known as Madam Lulu. In an effort to escape the clutches of count Olaf the Baudelaire use the wide assortment of various items inside Count Olaf's trunk. The Baudelaire disguise themselves as a two headed freak and chabo the wolf baby. The children are worried as the carnival decides to create an attraction where one freak will plunge into the lion pit to increase the carnivals publicity. In store for you in this invigorating, suspense building, and partly grousum story is a hunchback, an ambidextrous person, and a contortionist. Will the Baudelaire survive? Can they evade Count Olaf? Is Madam Lulu all that she appears? All these questions and more will be reviled in "The Carnivorous Carnival"
 Slows down a little here September 27, 2008
Wow, the big bright lights of a carnival! Well, why not? The mystery leads the Baudelaire orphans to a carnival where there awaits a mysterious fortune teller that may provide clues. However, during that time we have some rather annoying new characters and a plot that seems mostly filler (save the bits of information we get).
Still, it's a quirky, hilarious read full of the usual charm, so it's worth it.
 if you like this series you will like this book July 4, 2008
We enjoyed it like the rest of the ones in the series. Love these books.
Slow going September 23, 2007
The Carnivorous Carnival is the 9th installment in the Baudelaire orphans' Series of Unfortunate Events. The orphans have escaped the burning hospital from Book 8 by climbing in the trunk of Count Olaf's car and sneaking away with him and his evil henchmen. They arrive at a carnival isolated in the barren hinterlands and immediately realize that they must disguise themselves so that Olaf and his friends will not recognize them. They get jobs as carnival freaks and try to find a way to escape and continue to look for the Snicket file and the possibility that one of their parents might still be alive.
This book is another fun installment in the series, but unfortunately, for some time the series has been dragging. It is possible that for children each book is entertaining as a stand alone book, but for me, I find that the repetitive formula of each is now tiresome and I am ready for it to conclude. I continue to be impressed by the writing style and the clever way the author uses language to instruct and entertain. Overall the series is fantastic, but the pace is frustratingly slow at this point. Hopefully the pace will accelerate as the ending draws near.
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