This is the story of a young orphan named Leonora Riddle one day she is walking upon briny beach and she stumbles upon three young children the Baudelaire children fourteen year old Violet,twelve year old Klaus and one year old Sunny and she becomes friends with them one briny beach a man by the name of Mr.Poe comes to inform the children of their parents' sudden death in a fire and seeing as Leonora is also an orphan Mr.Poe decided that the five young children would stay with them until they find a guardian for the children the Baudelaire children are placed with a distant relative of theirs named Count Olaf an evil man who wants to steal the Baudelaire fortune meanwhile Leonora is placed with a Man by the name of Fitzwilliam Snicket Eldest Brother of Lemony Snicket and things between the two are a little iffy Fitz as he likes to be called become sort of a Father figure for Leonora find out what happens in this particular story...