by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist
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.
"A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Twelfth" - Children's Literature
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