The Grim Grotto
by Snicket, Lemony
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 1405215275
- ISBN 13
- 9781405215275
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About This Item
Synopsis
The Grim Grotto is the eleventh novel in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
Reviews
The Grim Grotto is the eleventh book in A Series of Unfortunate Events by American author, Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler). As we once again join the unlucky Baudelaire orphans, they find themselves sailing down the Stricken Stream on a toboggan towards the ocean. Is it coincidence that they are rescued by a submarine whose crew (Captain Widdershins and Fiona) are on a mission to find a certain important sugar bowl, one the Baudelaire orphans also seek?
Having narrowly escaped a burning hospital and already suffered the loss of their parents, the threat of marriage, slave labour, hypnosis, a terrible boarding school, being thrown down a lift shaft, being thrown in jail, acting in a freak show, being thrown off a mountain and the murder of their Uncle Monty and Aunt Josephine at the hands of the evil Count Olaf and his nefarious assistants, the siblings are ever-vigilant of his reappearance. Luckily these well-mannered and uncomplaining children are also very resourceful: Violet invents, Klaus researches and Sunny cooks.
Snicket's tone throughout is apologetic, sincere and matter-of-fact as he relates the unfortunate events in the children's lives; his imaginative and even surreptitiously educational style will hold much appeal for younger readers, as will the persistent silliness of adults. Snicket's word and phrase definitions are often hilarious. As always, the alliterative titles are delightful and Brett Helquist provides some wonderfully evocative illustrations.
This instalment sees the Baudelaires donning undersea suits, doing their best to avoid a deadly fungus, being captured (again!) by Count Olaf, repairing a porthole, and finally washing up on the Briny Beach, the place where the whole unfortunate tale began. Will they be in time to stop Olaf from destroying the Hotel Denouement? Perhaps the Penultimate Peril will have the answer.
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- Seller
- Phatpocket Limited (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- Z1-B-035-01443
- Title
- The Grim Grotto
- Author
- Snicket, Lemony
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1405215275
- ISBN 13
- 9781405215275
- Publisher
- Egmont Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- October 4, 2004
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