The Wide Window: 3

The third calamitous instalment in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events finds the Baudelaire orphans at Lake Lachrymose with their fearful Aunt Josephine. Between grammar lessons and leeches, the children face their most perilous predicament yet when the villainous Count Olaf returns in yet another dreadful disguise. Snicket's deliciously dark humour and vocabulary-building wordplay make misery feel like the most entertaining adventure. Perfect for young readers who enjoy their stories wickedly clever and wonderfully gloomy.