Here are some of the main events in A series of unfortunate events book 2, The Austere Academy:
* The three Baudelaire orphans are sent to Prufrock Preparatory School.
* They struggle to adjust to the new school, which is strict and challenging.
* They learn that their Uncle Monty has been murdered.
* They are expelled from Prufrock and sent to live with their Aunt Josephine.
* They discover that Aunt Josephine is not what she seems.
* They learn that their Uncle Monty had a secret society called the Herpetological Society.
* They discover that their parents' car accident may not have been an accident after all.
* They find a secret passage in the library at Aunt Josephine's house.
* They are confronted by Count Olaf and his new associate Esme Squalor.
* They escape from Count Olaf and Esme Squalor.
* They learn the truth about their parents' death and the existence of a secret organization called V.F.D.