A series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, The bad Beginning is the first of the series of these books. This book is about a tale of 3 children, where they are told that their parents have been killed, and they will be left with there wealthy fortune . Later in the story they find out that all there uncle wants them for is to clean up after all his messes. Eventually they complain to child services and end up being moved around between relatives. For some reason everytime they end up with a different relative, the crazy uncle comes around and trys to get them back.