Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.About the AuthorLemony Snicket is often despondent, mostly about his published research, which includes A Series of Unfortunate Events andThe Composer Is Dead.Brett Helquist's celebrated art has graced books from the charmingRoger, The Jolly Pirate, to the alarmingNew York TimesbestsellingA Series of Unfortunate Events, to the cozy E. B. White Read-Aloud Award finalistbedtime for bear. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.