The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2)
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist
Readers rate it 3.9 (628 on Hardcover)
191 pages · Released 1999 · HarperCollins
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The Reptile Room is a darkly humorous middle-grade mystery where three orphans face danger from a scheming villain pursuing their fortune. While threats and narrow escapes create tension, actual violence is minimal and never graphically depicted. The story emphasizes sibling loyalty, cleverness, and perseverance despite adversity, making it appropriate for most readers ages 8 and up who enjoy slightly darker humor and can handle persistent peril without gore.
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Book 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events. The three unluckiest children in the world return for another misfortunate adventure. The Baudelaire children survived their first encounter with the dastardly and scheming Olaf, but the Count doesn't give up easily. Nor does the Baudelaire luck ever seem to improve. Book 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events. The three unluckiest children in the world return for another misfortunate adventure. The Baudelaire children survived their first encounter with the dastardly and scheming Olaf, but the Count doesn't give up easily. Nor does the Baudelaire luck ever seem to improve.
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- Adventure and adventurers, fiction
- Humorous stories
- Children's fiction
- Brothers and sisters
- Orphans
- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Orphans, fiction
- Brothers and sisters, fiction
- Sunny Baudelaire (Fictitious character)
- Klaus Baudelaire (Fictitious character)
- Children's stories
Books in the A Series of Unfortunate Events series
Full series in order →
The Bad Beginning - Book 1 of A Series of Unfortunate Events
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Miserable Mill - Book 4 of A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7)
The Hostile Hospital
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events #10)
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ISBN 9780439206488 · HarperCollins