The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events #5)

Reader reviewed by Calamander

This book is about the Baudelaire's going to a boarding school. This school is the worst school ever!!!!!!!! They live in 'the orphan shack' that has mold on the ceiling, crabs, and hay to sleep on. There are also 6 hour violin concerts that you must attend! They are also suspecting that Count Olaf is hatching up a evil plan, but they can't figure out how he's doing it.... read this mysterious book to find out what happens.

Reader reviewed by Winston

This is one of the sadest books but I truly love the book to death (and I use the term lightly) if you want to read a great book this is the book for you it is probably one of the best books in the whole series.

Reader reviewed by LJK

Things might be looking up for the Baudelaire orphans as they enter the Prufrock Preparatory School, but they're not. To give away details would spoil the story, but I will say that this addition to the series keeps the favorite storylines and at the same times adds enough new events to keep the reader interested. Violet invents, Klaus reads, Sunny bites, and their new friends, Isadora and Duncan, do their best to help the orphans. But will it be enough to save them all?

Reader reviewed by lainie

i thought that maybe the series was slipping into a parody but luckily mr. snick does it again. this book sucked me in on page one.
in this chapter of the baudlairs life tells the tale of their time spent at the austaire accadamy.
in this book the baudilaires make their first friend since the mysterious fire that claimed the lives of their parents and changed their lives for ever.
unfortunately count olaf, as usual is not to far away plotting on how to get his flithy hands on their fortune.
the ending of this book is kind of sad . you'll love it.

Reader reviewed by Kay

I really do enjoy the whole series but sometimes they get SO boring. Most of the time you can definitly guess what was going to happen and I'd be right. But i'm just finally got the Slippery Slope checked out (but I own the Green Grotto. What sense does that make??) and I'm in the exact middle and it's a LOT better than all if you ask me but still. I would have to give these a book an okay. Sorry for wasting one minute out of you time to read a stupid Lil 13 year-olds opinion but hey, if it meant taking time of you life to do/read some thing stupid than you're so cool. Toodles -Kay M.

Reader reviewed by Susie

This book was my fav book cause i love the series and the charters in it. Well 3 orphans end up at a horrible boarding school and the have to live in a crab infested box with another set of orphans. Well where these kids are is where the enemy of theirs count olaf is. To find out what happens and why i like this book you have to read it.

Reader reviewed by DoRy

The Australian Academy was a nice book. After reading it I was thankful my parents were alive! I don't know what I'd do without them!
Anyways,mainely this book is about how these three children,(Sunny, Claus, and Violet)once again had to move from one place to another after their parents' deaths. For an evil man,Count Olaf is after their fortune and the Bauldenier children do whatever they can to keep out of his cluches and stay a live!
This book is fabulas!It shows how you have to be smart,quick, and sometimes have to have a little bit of help from your siblings, to get yourselves out of trouble!

Reader reviewed by Taylor

I Promise To Behave, I Promise To Be Good

This sad and strange book is about 3 children whose parents have died and have an evil villian after their fortune.

Passed around from family member to family member they are now stuck at an academy while the Banker looks fo someone.

They meet a pair of triplets yet there are only 2. The PE coach is the villian. A machine who can not detect the villian. An evil girl and lots of rats! A very intreging book! The whole serious will keep you on your toes.