A Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy -- Lemony Snicket

<p><strong>NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES</strong></p><p>As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home Prufrock Preparatory School, they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school's motto Memento Mori or Remember you will die.</p><p>This is not a cheerful greeting and certainly marks an inauspicious beginning to a very bleak story just as we have come to expect from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the deliciously morbid set of books that began with <em>The Bad Beginning</em> and only got worse.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Lemony Snicket<br><b>Publisher:</b> HarperCollins<br><b>Published:</b> 08/08/2000<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780064408639<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.7<br><b>Point Value:</b> 6<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>41280 / Austere Academy<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>School Library Journal</i> 10/01/2000 pg. 171<br><i>New York Times</i> 10/15/2000 pg. 30<br><i>Booklist</i> 10/15/2000 pg. 439<br><i>Hornbook Guide to Children</i> 07/01/2000 pg. 79 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw<br><i>Hornbook Guide to Children</i> 01/01/2001 pg. 79 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw