I love A Series of Unfortunate Events.  The first book is called The Bad Beginning and the last is called The End. The first book, like all the others, is unfortunate; it is about three siblings named (in order of age) Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. One sad day, their parents die, and leave a giant fortune to the siblings. Unfortunately their greedy uncle, Count Olaf, wants the fortune for himself, and will stop at nothing to gets his hands on it. Will Violet's inventing skills, Klaus' bookish knowledge and Sunny's incredibly sharp teeth help? Be warned, if you want to read this series, prepare for some unfortunate events.

• also I recommend the Frog Princess series (by E. D. Baker)