The bad beginning / by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist.
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. Imagine tales so terrible that as many as fifty million innocents have been ruined by them-tales so indelibly horrid that the New York Times bestseller list has been unable to rid itself of them for seven years. Now imagine if this scourge suddenly became available in a shameful new edition so sensational, so irresistible, so riddled with lurid new pictures that even a common urchin would wish for it. Who among us would be safe? -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0060283122
- ISBN: 9780060283124
- ISBN: 9780062796028
- ISBN: 006279602X
- ISBN: 9780064407663
- ISBN: 0064407667
- ISBN: 9780062206046
- ISBN: 0062206044
- ISBN: 9780807288474
- ISBN: 0807288470
- ISBN: 0439206472
- ISBN: 9780439206471
- ISBN: 0439227585
- ISBN: 9780439227582
- ISBN: 9780061146305
- ISBN: 0061146307
- ISBN: 006075589X
- ISBN: 9780060755898
- ISBN: 9781428747234
- ISBN: 1428747230
- ISBN: 1417788402
- ISBN: 9781417788408
- ISBN: 9781405266062
- ISBN: 1405266066
- ISBN: 0786229748
- ISBN: 9781428747234
- Physical Description: 162 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
Content descriptions
- Target Audience Note:
- 1010L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR Grades 5-8 6.4 4.0 AR Quiz No. 41281.Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 4 41281.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.4 4.0 41281.Accelerated Reader 6.2.Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.1 7 Quiz: 20828 Guided reading level: V.
- Awards Note:
- Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee, 2001.Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Nominee, 2003.
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- Baudelaire, Violet (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Baudelaire, Klaus (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings. - Genre:
- Humorous fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
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Available copies
- 142 of 224 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 7 current holds with 224 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell Bookmobile | JUV SNI (Text) | 37810435368534 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | J FIC Snicket (Text) | 31010000921876 | Juvenile New Fiction | Checked out | 07/30/2026 |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | J SNICKET (Text) | 39493105033254 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Albertson Community Library | JFIC SNI (Text) | 30372100575981 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | J Snicket (Text) | 34269001378620 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 07/15/2026 |
| Alleghany Public Library | JF SNICKET (Text) | 30664100281390 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Allen Library | JFIC SNICKET (Text) | 38198000294767 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | J F SNI (Text) | 80605003690046 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | J F Sni (Text) | 33632002722909 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 08/21/2026 |
| Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library | JF SNICKET (Text) | 34510800169383 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
