Poison for Breakfast

A new stand-alone adventureappropriate for all agesby Lemony Snicket, one of the twenty-first century's most beloved authors.

For more than twenty years, Lemony Snicket has led millions of young readers through a mysterious world of bewildering questions and unfortunate events. With this latest booka love letter to readers young and old about the vagaries of real lifelongtime fans and new readers alike will experience Snicket's distinctive voice in a new way.

This true storyas true as Lemony Snicket himselfbegins with a puzzling note under his door: You had poison for breakfast. Following a winding trail of clues to solve the mystery of his own demise, Snicket takes us on a thought-provoking tour of his predilections: the proper way to prepare an egg, a perplexing idea called "tzimtzum," the sublime pleasure of swimming in open water, and much else.

Poison for Breakfast is a classic-in-the-making...