Books : The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10)

by: Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist  Average Rating:
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What would you do if you found yourself trapped in a runaway caravan hurtling down a precipitous mountain slope? Fourteen-year-old Violet, the oldest orphan of the three Baudelaires, decides to try to slow the velocity of the caravan with a drag-chute invention involving a viscous combination of blackstrap molasses, maple syrup, maraschino liqueur, peanut butter, etc. If plummeting to their death weren't scary enough, Violet and her brother Klaus have been separated from Sunny, their baby sister who is in a car headed in the opposite direction up the mountain with the 'facinorous' Count Olaf, his 'villainous and stylish' girlfriend Esmé Squalor, and their creepy sidekicks. Do Violet and Klaus find Sunny on the mountain? How will they survive the treacherous, snow-covered peaks with not much more than a ukulele and a bread knife, especially in the face of the 'organized, ill-tempered' snow gnats? Will they finally unearth the mystery of the V.F.D.? Will they find out if one of their parents is alive after all? The suspense! As ever, the Baudelaires' unfolding tale of woe is sprinkled with Lemony Snicket's ridiculous, hilarious observations such as 'Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.' The tenth book in The Series of Unfortunate Events takes readers through the Mortmain Mountains to the churning waters of the Stricken Stream with all the coexistent horror and silliness a Snicket fan could hope for along the way. (Ages 9 and older)
Rating: - The plot gets triple-cheeseburger thick!
ok,book 10,it starts off really good.
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Rating: - In Which Sunny Grows Up and the Baudelaires Encounter A Very Slippery Slope
The older Baudelaire siblings - Violet and Klaus - are pulling out their hair in frustration when they find thta they have been tricked by Count Olaf, and are now without their baby sister, Sunny - who, in all actuality, is a baby no more. For Sunny is now being held captive by Count Olaf and his troupe of villains, as Violet and Klaus are headed for their death off of a snowy peak. However, thanks to Violet's inventine skills, the two siblings are saved, and find that they must now make it up the ... Read More

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Rating: - Sunny comes into her own
I started off buying A Series of Unfortunate Events for my son, but I like them much more than he does. This book is packed with action and narrow escapes. I especially liked little Sunny learning to cook while spying on Count Olaf's gang.
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