The Truth Behind a Series of Unfortunate Events Eyeballs, Leeches, Hypnotism, and Orphans---Exploring Lemony Snicket's World

by Gresh, Lois H.

• ISBN13: 9780312327033
• ISBN10: 031232703X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-07
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

A Series of Unfortunate Events is one of the most popular childrens series in the world and was a major motion picture starring Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep in December, 2004. In time for the mega-hyped release of Book 12 in the series, The Truth Behind A Series of Unfortunate Event is the ultimate companion guide to the fun and wildly successful novels. Digging beneath the surface, Lois Gresh uses science, history and little-known facts to dig deep into the world of A Series of Unfortunate Events and provide young readers everywhere with how-to hints and tips, quizzes, cool anecdotes, fun facts and information on everything Lemony including: Facts about handwriting analysis and forgery Killer leeches, crabs, fungi and peppermintall you need to know The truth about hypnosisand how to use it! Real child inventors and their amazing inventions How to build a telephone, a hot air balloon and an automatic harmonica Are you as smart as Violet & Klaus'the ultimate quiz And much more. The ultimate renegade book report on A Series of Unfortunate Events, this readers guide is a must for the millions of young fans everywhere.

Author Biography

Lois H. Gresh is the author of eleven horrible books. She's been falsely accused of trapping canaries in coal mines, forging Eye of Horus amulets in Cairo, and casting The Evil Eye upon entire cities, including Paris, London, New York City, Tokyo, and Budapest. She has been correctly accused of murdering thousands of hornets and wasps. She currently lives in an igloo, but with her profits from writing this book, she plans to move to a grass hut near the equator.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Kids Who Invent Things	p. 1
How to Build a Telephone	p. 4
How to Build a Hot-Air Balloon Mobile Home	p. 7
How to Create Noisy Shoes	p. 11
How to Build an Automatic Harmonica	p. 12
Last Up: Real-World Kids Who Invent Stuff	p. 14
Really Bad Grammar	p. 19
What Happens to Real Orphans?	p. 26
Are You as Smart as Violet and Klaus?	p. 33
A Series of Five Questions	p. 34
Five Questions Not in a Series	p. 45
All the Answers and Your Score!	p. 47
Strange Snakes, Lizards, and Toads	p. 51
Tattoo Me	p. 67
Fancy-Pants Words	p. 79
Marital Law: Can an Old Geezer Marry a Young Girl?	p. 99
Picking Locks, Horseradish, and Peppermints	p. 111
How to Pick a Lock	p. 112
What's Up with the Horseradish?	p. 118
Last Up: Help! I'm Allergic to Peppermint!	p. 120
How to Be a Lumberjack: Or the Debunking of Debarkers	p. 124
Do Not Read This Chapter Until I Snap My Fingers	p. 137
Work, Slave, Work! Child Labor Laws	p. 150
Crabs, Fungi, Staples, and Leeches	p. 157
Prufrock Prep Crabs	p. 158
Dripping Splotches of Fungi	p. 165
Sunny's Staples	p. 173
Last Up: Killer Leeches	p. 175
I Want to Be Someone Else	p. 184
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