"If you are interested in reading books with happy endings, you should read some other book..."
So begins Lemony Snicket's first in the Series of Unfortunate Events, The Bad Beginning. You can't say you weren't warned. 
Summary of The Bad Beginning
This is the book that started it all.
One day while the Baudelaire children were playing at Briny Beach, they are approached by Mr. Poe. His words would change their lives forever...
In The Bad Beginning you will become acquainted with the Baudelaire children and the first of many hapless adults who proves either too impotent (as in the case of Justice Strauss), inept (Mr. Poe) or evil (Count Olaf and his theater troupe) to help them, leaving them to fend for themselves while grieving the loss of their parents.
Brett Helquist's illustrations add the perfect accompaniment to the Bad Beginning and captures the likeness of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire just as you had imagined them.
The Bad Beginning will definitely leave you wanting more.
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