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  About the Author

  LEMONY SNICKET is the author of many books, including those in A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions. A lifelong resident, he now divides his time and is currently at work.

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  Copyright

  Quotes from “Who Could That Be at This Hour?” by Lemony Snicket, copyright © 2012.

  Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

  Quotes from The Dark by Lemony Snicket, copyright © 2013.

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  Quotes from “When Did You See Her Last?” by Lemony Snicket, copyright © 2013.

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  Quotes from File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents by Lemony Snicket, copyright © 2014.

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  Quotes from “Shouldn’t You Be in School?” by Lemony Snicket, copyright © 2014.

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  Quotes from “Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?” by Lemony Snicket, copyright © 2015.

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  Quotes from The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket, copyright © 2017.

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  Library of Congress Control Number: 2018954193

  Digital Edition APRIL 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-285422-3

  Print ISBN: 978-0-06-285421-6

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