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The Bad Beginning

Written by Lemony Snicket · Illustrated by Brett Helquist; Emily Gravett (2024 cover)

Harper Collins · 9+

Novel · PB · Fiction

What’s lurking inside?

After a fire leaves Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire orphaned, they are placed in Count Olaf's care. The sinister actor has designs on their inheritance, and the siblings must use their wits to escape his schemes.

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