Title: Slippery Slope
First published: 2004
Description: Dear Reader,

Like handshakes, house pets, or raw carrots, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up--and down--a range of strange and distressing mountains.
In order to spare you any further repulsion, it would be best not to mention any of the unpleasant details of this story, particularly a secret message, a toboggan, a deceitful map, a swarm of snow gnats, a scheming villain, a troupe of organized youngsters, a covered casserole dish, and a surprising survivor of a terrible fire.

Unfortunately, I have dedicated my life to researching and recording the sad tale of the Baudelaire orphans. There is no reason for you to dedicate your-self to such things, and you might instead dedicate yourself to letting this slippery book slip from your hands into a nearby trash receptacle, or deep pit.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket
Subjects: Children's fiction, Orphans, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Humorous stories, Fiction, Mountains, Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Juvenile fiction, Brothers and sisters in fiction, Mountains in fiction, Orphans in fiction, Child and youth fiction, trade, stuck, Humour, Steampunk, Mystery, Gothic fiction, Absurdist fiction, English Humorous stories, Récits humoristiques anglais, Montagnes, Recits humoristiques, Freres et soeurs, Orphelins, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Violet Baudelaire (Fictitious character), Klaus Baudelaire (Fictitious character), Sunny Baudelaire (Fictitious character)
Places: Mountain, rome
Time periods: stealing violets money her parents gave her before they died in a fire