The Austere Academy

by Lemony Snicket

The fifth book in the wildly popular Series of Unfortunate Events finds siblings Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire at possibly the worst boarding school in existence. Severe punishments, forced violin concerts, comprehensive exams, and the metric system all become a daily part of their wretched, shack-dwelling lives. The orphans' hopes are raised when they meet the kind and like-minded Quagmire triplets, but their friendship is cut short by the very person the Baudelaires wish to avoid.

Editions of The Austere Academy

ISBN 9780060793432	Binding/Format Digital	Publisher Harper Audio	Date	Price None Available
ISBN 9780606027762	Binding/Format Prebinding	Publisher Bt Bound	Date 2008	Price None Available
ISBN 9780061146343	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Harper Trophy	Date 2010	Price None Available
ISBN 9780060288884	Binding/Format Reinforced Hardcover	Publisher Harpercollins	Date 2000	Price $1.00	Used - Good
ISBN 9780064408639	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Harpercollins Childrens Books	Date 2000	Price $1.00	Very Good
ISBN 9780060566197	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Harpercollins Childrens	Date 2003	Price $10.12	Good

Publisher Notes

WARNING: LISTENING TO THIS TAPE WILL ONLY MAKE YOU WEEP...

Dear Listener,

If you are looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent and resourceful children, and you might expect that they would do very well at school.

Don't.

For the Baudelaires, school turns out to be another miserable episode in their unlucky lives. Truth be told, within the chapters that make up this dreadful story, the children will face snapping crabs, strict punishments, dripping fungus, comprehensive exams, violin recitals. S.O.R.E., and the metric system.

It is my solemn duty to stay up all night reading my history of these three hapless youngsters into a microphone, but you may be more comfortable getting a good night's sleep. In that case, you should probably listen to something else.

With all due respect,

LEMONY SNICKET

Synopses

As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.

First Line

If you were going to give a gold medal to the least delightful person on Earth, you would have to give that medal to a person named Carmelita Spats, and if you didn't give it to her, Carmelita Spats was the sort of person who would rip it from your hands anyway.

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