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The Bad Beginning: Book the First (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
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Being unlucky has never been as fun as it is in A Series of Unfortunate Events. In the first book of the series, three siblings are sent to live with a distant relative which spells certain disaster.
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In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Miserably scrawled by Lemony Snicket and respectfully illustrated by Brett Helquist, never before has a series of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.
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