The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)

Name: The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)
ISBN: 9780060566210

Brett Helquist, Lemony Snicket

Ages 8–14

Readers rate it 3.9 (412 on Hardcover)

259 pages · Released Jul 29, 2003 · HarperChildren's Audio

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The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6) parent’s guide: what’s inside

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Violence

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LGBTQ+ themes

Substance use

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A note for parents

The Ersatz Elevator is the sixth book in Lemony Snicket's intentionally dark comedy series for children, featuring three orphans navigating schemes by a villain intent on harming them. While the tone is deliberately gloomy and anxious, actual physical violence is limited, and the misery is largely emotional and comedic rather than graphic. The series rewards persistence, sibling loyalty, and cleverness despite relentless adversity, making it engaging for readers who enjoy sophisticated humor and don't mind a melancholic atmosphere.

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From the publisher

Dear Reader, If you have just picked up this book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choose something else to read. Within the chapters... Dear Reader, If you have just picked up this book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choose something else to read. Within the chapters of this story, Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire encounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, some friends in a dire situation, three mysterious initials, a liar with an evil scheme, a secret passageway, and parsley soda. I have sworn to write down these tales of the Baudelaire orphans so the general public will know each terrible thing that has happened to them, but if you decide to read something else instead, you will save yourself from a heapful of horror and woe. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket