The Austere Academy
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Where The Austere Academy sits
- Series
- Book 5 of A Series of Unfortunate Events. See all A Series of Unfortunate Events books in order
- The book before
- The Miserable Mill
- The book after
- The Ersatz Elevator
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against harpercollins.com
What The Austere Academy is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- The Baudelaire orphans' bad luck goes on, and they are sent away to a dreadful boarding school. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school
- They make friends with two of the Quagmire triplets, then find that Count Olaf has tracked them there. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
they befriend the two Quagmire triplets
Topics in this book
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Topics
- Boarding schools
- Brothers and sisters
- Humorous stories
- Orphans
- Schools
Reading ages
- Children's
Other books in A Series of Unfortunate Events
13 books listed so far
- Book 1: The Bad Beginning
- Book 2: The Reptile Room
- Book 3: The Wide Window
- Book 4: The Miserable Mill
- Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator
- Book 7: The Vile Village
- Book 8: The Hostile Hospital
- Book 9: The Carnivorous Carnival
- Book 10: The Slippery Slope
- Book 11: The Grim Grotto
- Book 12: The Penultimate Peril
- Book 13: The End
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