Shouldn't You Be in School?
Lemony Snicket
Subjects
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
Average rating
Before he wrote ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’, before the Baudelaires became orphans, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket asked all the wrong questions. Four to be exact. This is the account of the third question.
Young apprentice Lemony Snicket is investigating a case of arson but soon finds himself enveloped in the ever-increasing mystery that haunts the town of Stain’d-by-the-Sea.
Who is setting the fires? What secrets are hidden in the Department of Education? Why are so many schoolchildren in danger? Is it all the work of the notorious villain Hangfire? How could you even ask that? What kind of education have you had?
In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent. You’ll laugh only if you find humour in gothic and mysterious things involving detectives and crime solving.
Lemony’s other literary outings in `A Series of Unfortunate Events’ have sold 60 million copies worldwide and been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey and a Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris. These regrettable developments mean that millions of fans have found out about the dreadful plight of the Baudelaire orphans, but you do not have to. You have been warned.
Have you read all four mysterious titles in the Wrong Questions series?
`Who Could That Be at the This Hour?’`When Did You Last See Her?’
`Shouldn’t You Be in School?’
`Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?’
Author Lemony Snicket was born before you were and is likely to die before you as well. He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He grew up near the sea and currently lives beneath it. Until recently, he was living somewhere else. He is a broken man, wracked with misery and despair as a result of writing ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’. He spends his days wandering the countryside weeping and moaning and his evenings eating hastily-prepared meals.
Artist Seth has portrayed suspicious circumstances and shady characters in much of his work. He is a multi-award-winning cartoonist, author and artist, whose works include Palookaville and Clyde Fans.
Praise for Who Could That Be at This Hour?:
`Charming, clever and enormously enjoyable’ Guardian `Wonderfully eccentric and addictive … Just beautiful writing’ Observer `Better than ever’ Independent `A dazzlingly clever, funny and literary concoction’ Irish TimesReviews
This is a great book full of mystery and suspense. It cleverly leaves you on a cliff hanger at the end so that you will want to read more books from the series. The charachters are quite relatable as the book is from the main charachter's perspective so you are able to see his thoughts. There are some moments of pity for the charachters as well as funny moments. I would recommend this book to others because there is mystery lerking around every corner.
Anonymous 13.08.2021
This is absolutely amazing with a good twist. Amazing humour. So sarcastic I really loved it. I think that I would like to join "the special programme " as well.
Viscountess Wanda Foxtail 04.08.2021
I didn't enjoy the book because I haven't read the books earlier in the series. I recommend it for people about the age of 10 who have read the earlier books in the series.
Sir Chip Sofa 29.07.2020
as the third and final book in the series of all the wrong questions this book as probably the most mysterious and confined book keeping some questions still puzzling you. I think this book is sure to puzzle anyone if they don't read it properly I hope that this series will become more popular as it is very good i would recommend it to anyone who has read the a series of unfortunate events series and anyone who likes mystery and adventure all in all this was a brilliant book and i would recommend it
Anonymous 11.01.2019
Hangfire the baddie is at large again burning down Standin by the sea’s only school and sending them to Wade Academy which is full of laudanum which sends you to sleep. His sister and his friend Ellington Feint get sent to prison as does the librarian. The librarian adds a sprinkler system in the library which distroys all the fake books from Wade Academy. All the books from Wade academy go inside a cart with a tarpaulin on top. Lemony Snicket takes Wllington Feint on a hay ride!
Anonymous 13.09.2018
It is very adventurous
Anonymous 01.09.2017
I found it quite hard to understand the language in this book. I gave it a mid score because the story was good but as I said before the language was difficult for me.
Anonymous 31.08.2017
Another amazing mystery story that I found. Can't wait to find the rest of the series
Anonymous 17.08.2017
I enjoyed this book as much as the other books in the series.
Anonymous 08.08.2017
It has got a lot of action and description added in just the right place
Anonymous 26.07.2017
This book is the third in the All The Wrong Questions series. The series is about a young boy called Lemony Snicket who looks into a variety of mysteries. In 'Shouldn't You Be In School?' Lemony investigates multiple displays of arson (which is an act of purposefully setting fire to buildings). His chaperone (a woman named S. Theodora Markson) behaves in a way Lemony has never witnessed before. Ms Markson makes friends with an enemy and the son of the police officers Mitchum commits a crime but will Lemony solve the mystery and find out who the arsonist is?
Anonymous 20.07.2017
It could have been a bit more funny
Anonymous 24.08.2016
The book is very intriguing as the mystery is a fragmentary plot so you dont know what happens next. The only thing that let me down is that the book doesnt have an ending.
Anonymous 16.08.2016
The book was about a character called Hangfire setting fires to buildings. The main character is a thirteen year old called Lemony Snicket who is investigating the fires. It was a interesting book.
Anonymous 07.08.2016
good for minds
Anonymous 19.12.2015
I extremely enjoyed his book because of the amazing use of vocabulary, not only this but as soon as you think you know who did, why they did it and with who. It turns out to be someone absolutely different!
Anonymous 25.07.2015
