I read the fiction book The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket. This is the 9th book in the series called "A Series of Unfortunate Events". This book starts with the Baudelaire orphans in the trunk of Count Olaf's car. The Baudelaires end up at a carnival where they find Count Olaf's friend, Madame Lulu.  As always Count Olaf is up to no good trying to kill them and steal their family fortune. This time, instead of Count Olaf dressing up, the Baudelaires do. The orphans disguise themselves as carnival freaks to keep from being caught. Like all the books in this series the orphans are in for a tough time suffering one misfortune after another. They never know what's coming next.

 

I recommend this book to kids that have read the first eight books in this series and that enjoy suspense and tragedy. I like the way that Lemony Snicket puts so much suspense in his stories that you can't put them down

Summer 2003

Reviewer:   Allie R. '10

This book is the 9th book in a series by Lemony Snicket. It is about the three Baudelaire orphans who end up at a carnival in the Hinterlands, which is like the middle of nowhere. Count Olaf (a man who has been after the fortune the Baudelaire's parents left for the children when they died, for a long time) and his theatre troop are there too, so the Baudelaires decide to disguise themselves as freaks and ask to join the carnival. The owner of the carnival, Madam Lulu lets them join the house of freaks but when Madam Lulu adds a new attraction to the carnival, the children don't know what to do.  Every day, one of the freaks from the house of freaks is going to be thrown into a pit of lions and eaten alive! Violet, Klaus, and Sunny need to find a way out of the carnival, and find out if the rumors true that one of their parent is alive!

I would recommend this book to anyone who has read any of Lemony Snicket's other books.