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A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Twelfth by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Twelfth

by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist

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  • Oct 2005, 368 pages
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Little is known about The Penultimate Peril in this alarming phenomenon. What we do know is contained in the following brief list:
In this book things only get worse.
Count Olaf is still evil.
The Baudelaire Orphans do not win a contest.
The title begins with the word 'The'.
Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

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