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=// A Series of Unfortunate Events //=  By Lemony Snicket


 * Join Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire on their quest to escape the evil clutches of Count Olaf.**

__**The Series**__  Book the First: The Bad Beginning*  Book the Second: The Reptile Room  Book the Third: The Wide Window*  Book the Fourth: The Miserable Mill*  Book the Fifth: The Austere Academy*  Book the Sixth: The Ersatz Elevator  Book the Seventh: The Vile Village  Book the Eighth: The Hostile Hospital  Book the Ninth: The Carnivorous Carnival  Book the Tenth: The Slippery Slope  Book the Eleventh: The Grim Grotto*  Book the Twelfth: The Penultimate Peril  Book the Thirteenth: The End

== ="//One is always willfully absurd...// = =<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> //If one does not say silly things with// = =<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> //a purpose than he is merely an idiot."// = <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">//-Galen M. Beckett//

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Absurdist Fiction : <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Features "deliberately absurd characters, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> situations, subjects, and plots"

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Plot is "buried deeply amongst a series <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> of adventures, annotations, side-tracking, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">and verbal meanderings"

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> -"The Grim Grotto" 284
<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Appealing? Teachable? Absurd? Why?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Characteristics of the novels <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1. The Style of Writing and Tone <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 2. The Characters <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 3. Literary Elements <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a. Characterization <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> b. Figurative Language <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 4. Qualities of Good YA Books <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a. Please, Mother, I Want the Credit! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> b. Young Adult Literature is Fast Paced <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> c. Young Adult Literature Includes a Variety of Genres and Subjects <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> d. Young Adult Books are Basically Optimistic, with Characters Making Worthy <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Accomplishments

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Author Biography: Lemony Snicket, pen name for novelist Daniel Handler, is a fictional character included as narrator of //A Series of Unfortunate Events.//

Daniel Handler was born and raised in San Francisco. He is currently the author of the series, as well as three books for adults titled, //The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth,// and //Adverbs.//

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Now a Motion Picture featuring:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">//Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep//
//Movie Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWB1HGnA3tA//

__Additional Links:__
A Teacher's Guide: http://files.harpercollins.com/PDF/TeachingGuides/0064410145.pdf Novel Website: http://lemonysnicket.com/ Novel Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Series_of_Unfortunate_Events Author Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemony_Snicket