The Slippery Slope

The Slippery Slope
AuthorLemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler)
IllustratorBrett Helquist
Cover artistBrett Helquist
LanguageEnglish
SeriesA Series of Unfortunate Events
GenreGothic fiction
Absurdist fiction
Mystery
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
September 23, 2003
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages337
ISBN0-06-441013-7
OCLC52602720
Fic 22
LC ClassPZ7.S6795 Sl 2003
Preceded byThe Carnivorous Carnival 
Followed byThe Grim Grotto 

Book the Tenth: The Slippery Slope is the tenth novel in the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. It was illustrated by Brett Helquist and published on September 23, 2003. In the novel, Violet and Klaus Baudelaire make their way up the Mortmain Mountains to rescue their sister Sunny from Count Olaf and his troupe. They meet Quigley Quagmire, a character who they thought to be dead, and visit the headquarters of a mysterious organization called "V.F.D." They are reunited with Sunny and manage to escape from Olaf. The book has received positive reviews and been translated into several different languages.