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 Ersatz elevator (Series of unfortunate events )
 Author: Snicket, Lemony

 Publisher:  HarperCollins (2001)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 259 p., ill., 18 cm.

 BTSB No: 832069 ISBN: 9780064408646
 Ages: 9-14 Grades: 4-9

 Subjects:
 Orphans -- Fiction
 Siblings -- Fiction
 Humorous fiction

Price: $21.18

Summary:
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esme Squalor's seventy-one-bedroom penthouse.

 Illustrator: Helquist, Brett


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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 6.60
   Points: 7.0   Quiz: 46103
Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 6.70
   Points: 11.0   Quiz: 24359

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Reviews:
   School Library Journal (08/01)
   Booklist (08/01/01)

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School Library Journal - 08/01/2001 Gr 4-6-The resourceful, likable, but extremely unlucky orphans Violet, Klaus, and baby Sunny continue to flee from the clutches of the fortune-hunting, disguise-wearing Count Olaf. Also, they need to discover the whereabouts of their kidnapped friends, Duncan and Isadora Quagmire, based on the puzzling clue "V.F.D." In Elevator, the three Baudelaires go to live in the penthouse of the trend-following Jerome and Esm‚ Squalor, who adopt the children because orphans are "in." Despite the Baudelaires' resourcefulness, both Olaf and the Quagmires elude the grasp of the authorities due to the obtuseness of adults who, until it is too late, deny that terrible things can happen. In Village, the Baudelaires travel to V.F.D., a village that adopts the orphans based on the aphorism, "it takes a village to raise a child." They uncover the whereabouts of the Quagmires, but, as in the earlier books, they find neither respite nor peace from Count Olaf's machinations. Despite Snicket's artful turning of clichés on their well-worn heads, Elevator sometimes belabors the fallacy of fads at the expense of plot. Nonetheless, the satiric treatment of adults' insistence upon decorum at the expense of truth is simultaneously satisfying and unsettling, as are the deft slams at slant journalism in Village. Arch literary allusions enhance the stories for readers on different levels. Despite Snicket's perpetual caveats to "put this book down and pick up another one," the Baudelaires are dynamic characters who inspire loyalty to the inevitable end of the series.-Farida S. Dowler, formerly at Bellevue Regional Library, WA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. - Copyright 2001 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 08/01/2001 Book the Sixth in A Series of Unfortunate Events opens with the hapless Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, climbing up very dark stairs to the penthouse, the home of their new guardians, Mr and Mrs. Squalor. Genial Mr. Squalor seems genuinely delighted to have the children. Mrs. Squalor is a different matter: her life is ruled by what's in (aqueous martinis, pinstripe suits, and orphans) and what's out (alcoholic martinis, light, and elevators). Mr. Squalor's life is ruled by Mrs. Squalor. Children will enjoy the humorous barbs aimed at Mrs. Squalor and her ilk. The plot thickens with the reappearance of the nefarious Count Olaf, first in disguise to do his dastardly deeds and then unmasked to sneer at the Baudelaires. Series fans will enjoy the quick pace, entertaining authorial asides, and over-the-top characterizations, and Brett Helquist's droll pencil drawings will add to their reading pleasure. - Copyright 2001 Booklist.

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