League of Beastly Dreadfuls: The League of Beastly Dreadfuls, Book 1 (Series #01) (Hardcover)

from kimpiddington

I started reading this book months ago- but first one, and then another of my children "stole" it. I found parts of the book creative, the artwork was delightful, and I was definitely rooting for the main character to escape St. Agony's. However, the ending left a major plot point unresolved-whic...

from lillibrary

"Anastasia's day began with a funeral, and it went downhill from there." For fans of the Series of Unfortunate Events, here's a new series that starts out similarly. Like the Baudelaire children, Anastasia is suddenly left an orphan after her parents' demise. She is whisked away to live with here...

from BraveNewBks

This is a perfectly serviceable but nonetheless ersatz knockoff of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. Missing/dead parents, evil/unscrupulous guardians, and scrappy/resourceful child heroes. The setting (Victorian former lunatic asylum) is pretty great, though!

from agrudzien

Anastasia is an ordinary 11 year old girl, until one day she is picked up from school by two "aunties" who claim her parents were in an accident. They take her to an old Victorian mansion and set her to work cleaning. During her cleaning, she discovers a secret room and starts to learn there is m...

from ewyatt

After Anastasia's parents die in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident, she is whisked away by her aunties who live in an abandoned asylum. They work her hard. She discovers many strange things included two other boys there. The three of them figure they should to run for their lives after the aunties...