If You Enjoyed A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, Try These

J/F/AIKEN
Aiken, Joan - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
When Bonnie's parents set off on a sea voyage, they leave their daughter and her cousin in the care of a cruel governess, Miss Slighcarp. Soon, the servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold and the girls are sent off to an orphan school. The girls make a daring escape and try to save Bonnie's home, Willoughby Chase. 258p.

J/F/AVI
Avi - Emily Upham's Revenge
When her bankrupt father deserts the family, Emily is sent to live with her uncle, an untrustworthy banker. Emily gets mixed up with a bank robbery and the mysterious Deadwood Dick. 172p.

J/F/DAHL
Dahl, Roald - Matilda
Matilda is an amazing child whose parents don't appreciate her. Matilda uses her special powers to help her favorite teacher, Miss Honey, and to pay back the evil school principal, Miss Trunchbul, who hates children. 240p.

J/F/DICKENS
Dickens, Charles - The Adventures of Oliver Twist
Poor orphaned Oliver is sold to a harsh employer after he's thrown out of a Victorian-era workhouse. He sets off on his own for London where he's taken in by a gang of young thieves. 473p.

J/F/FLEISCHMAN
Fleischman, Sid - The Whipping Boy
Jemmy, a street-wise urchin, serves as the servant and whipping boy to spoiled Prince Horace. Bored with castle life, Prince Horace forces Jemmy to run away with him. After the two are grabbed by cutthroats, they have more adventures than they can stand! 90p.

J/F/GARFIELD
Garfield, Leon - The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris
Two mischievous schoolboys, Bostock and Harris, try an experiment with Harris's baby sister Adelaide which leads to a series of zany misadventures. 223p.

J/F/GARFiELD
Garfield, Leon - Young Nick and Jubilee
Two orphans who live by their wits on the streets of Victorian London try to better their lives by attending school, but need to find someone to pose as their father before the charity school will accept them. 134p.

J/F/Gliori
Gliori, Debi - Pure Dead Magic
Strange things are happening at StregaSchloss, the home of the Strega-Borgia family. Dad's missing, Mom's busy taking witch lessons, the children have a strange new nanny, and a whole litter of pet rats have vanished. Titus, Pandora and baby Damp discover that Dad's been kidnapped by gangsters and their attempt to save him involves magic wands, the internet, a talking spider and the yeti that lives in their basement! 182p.

J/F/HOEYE
Hoeye, Michael - Time Stops for No Mouse
In a world populated by mice, Hermux Tantamoq's neat little life is turned upside down when dashing, daredevil aviatrix Linka Perflinger rushes into his shop with a broken watch and quickly steals his heart. When she doesn't come back to pick up her watch, Hermux is determined to find out what happened to her. 250p.

J/F/IBBOTSON
Ibbotson, Eva - Island of the Aunts
The lives of three youngsters are changed forever when they are kidnapped by aging sisters who need help caring for their many magical creatures on a remote island. 281p.

J/F/IVES
Ives, David - Monsieur Eek
When a chimpanzee arrives in the strange town of MacOongafoondsen, the people mistake him for a French spy and put him on trial for being a thief. Emmaline is the only one who sees the ridiculousness of this and volunteers to be the chimp's lawyer. 179p.

J/F/MAGUIRE
Maguire, Gregory - Seven Spiders Spinning
Seven prehistoric tarantulas hatch from an iceberg, are discovered by a group of girls, and wreak havoc in Miss Earth's class. Book 1 of the Hamlet Chronicles. 132p.

J/F/PULLMAN
Pullman, Philip - Spring-Heeled Jack
On a moonless night in London, Rose, Lily, and little Ned escape from an orphanage. Evil lurks in London and Spring-Heeled Jack, a quirky character, aids the children with springs in his shoes. This melodramatic tale has a comic-book feel. 112p.

J/F/ROBERTS
Roberts, Willo Davis - Jo and the Bandit
While traveling to Texas to stay with their uncle, Jo and Andrew's stagecoach is robbed by five bandits. Jo and Andrew decide to help one of the bandits change his evil ways to avoid prosecution. 185p.

J/F/ROWLING
Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
This wickedly fun fantasy begins when an orphan, Harry Potter, learns that he is a wizard and is invited to attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. 309p.

J/F/SACHAR
Sachar, Louis - Holes
When Stanley tries to run away from the juvenile detention facility to which he has been unfairly sent, he accidentally helps lift his family's multi-generational curse. 233p.

J/F/STANLEY
Stanley, Diane - Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine
Sara notices some weird things happening at school when a book series written by author I.M. Fine becomes the book to read. 201p.

J/F/WALLACE
Wallace, Barbara Brooks - Ghosts in the Gallery
After Jenny's mother dies, she is sent to live at Graymark House with the grandfather she has never met. Winston Graymark denies that she is related to the family, but lets her work in the great, gloomy house as an unpaid servant since she has nowhere else to go. Soon, Jenny realizes that something dangerous and ghostly is going on at Graymark House… 136p.

Prepared by Sara Pemberton and Sharon Hrycewitz, September 2002