num_pages: 368
description: There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children, read on...Sadly this next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, and it is next-to-first in its supply of unpleasantness. Probably the next-to-last things you would like to read about are a harpoon gun, a rooftop sunbathing salon, two mysterious initials, three unidentified triplets, a notorious villain and an unsavoury curry. Next-to-last things are the first thing to be avoided!
language: English
title: The Penultimate Peril
titlecomplete: The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
characters: Sir, Violet Baudelaire, Count Olaf, Arthur Poe, Vice Principal Nero, Carmelita Spats, Geraldine Julienne, Esmé Squalor, Sunny Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire, Kit Snicket
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Mystery, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Humor, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 104734
series: A Series of Unfortunate Events
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: The Quill Award
category: Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade
publisher: Egmont Books Ltd