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The Carnivorous Carnival: Summary and book reviews of The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket, plus links to an excerpt from The Carnivorous Carnival and a biography of Lemony Snicket.

The Carnivorous Carnival

The Carnivorous Carnival
Book the Ninth (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist
Hardcover: Oct 2002,
304 pages.
Paperback: Jan 2003,
286 pages.

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BOOK SUMMARY

Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colorful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun, as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans, their time at a carnival turns out to be yet another episode in a now unbearable series of unfortunate events. In fact, in this appalling ninth installment in Lemony Snicket's serial, the siblings must confront a terrible lie, an ambidextrous person, a caravan, and Chabo the wolf baby.

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  Publishers Weekly
...the Baudelaire siblings are falsely accused of murder. On the run from Count Olaf (the real killer), the three disguise themselves in Madame Lulu's House of Freaks.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by lologirl18
A Good Book!
I think this book was the most reveling of the entire series and it is an extraordinary book. I think it is the most suspenseful book I've ever read and it's a good fit for almost any type of book reader especially people who like adventure,...   Read More

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Anonymous
The Carnivorous Carnival
I think this book was good, and in order to understand it, you definitely must have read the first eight books, but in this book, they are at a carnival this time. At this carnival they have to disguise themselves this time as freaks. They have to...   Read More

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by marykate
on and off good
I thought it was good most of the time but it could get boring. For the most part it was awesome.

Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by rasheedah
bauldalaire orphans
I think the Bauldalaire orphans are lost emotionally and have nowhere to turn and Count Olaf is just making it worse by trying to steal their fortune . Also Lemony Snicket is an amazing writer but if he doesn't mind me saying that I don't think he...   Read More

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by bigez06
The Carnivorous Carnival
If I could rate this book a 10 I would do it the series has got me totaly HOOKED

Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by YOMOMMA
Good.
Carnivorous carnival - it was a pretty interesting book. although it got alittle boring at the end, i must admit.. but i'd have to say Lemony Snicket is one extremely talented author!

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