Youth Book Club:

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning

By Lemony Snicket

Farmville-Prince Edward Library

December 12, 2026

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

  Chat about our latest book club selection over a snack.

Please note that we are limited to 10 slots.

Patrons will be contacted when the book is ready for pickup at the front desk.

Book description: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.

In what is agreed upon by all to be a very bad beginning to the rest of their lives, these three youngsters not only learn that their parents have died and that they’ve become orphans overnight, but also that a one Count Olaf will be their caretaker. Repulsive, demanding, and downright sinister, Count Olaf proves to be as greedy as his eyes are beady (and, readers, they are beady).

With their family fortune on the line, the siblings must endure a few terrible things before—we can only hope—making it out alive: itchy clothing, boiled potatoes, shamefully incompetent adults, and a wedding that no one wants to attend, including the bride.

Ask at the front desk to sign up and get your FREE copy of the book!

The Youth Book Club will meet in the youth program room. We will have a snack during book club. When you sign up, please let us know about any food allergies so that we can have safe snacks for everyone.