Things at the Dark Avenue penthouse obviously ended up in an awful way, because the Baudelaire orphans are moving on yet again --- this time to a vile village that has a strict council, a censored library, a prison mishap and a gargantuan Nevermore Tree --- the largest tree the Baudelaires had ever seen --- filled with a flock of scary-looking black crows. Could Count Olaf be far behind? Read this book and find out.

   --- Reviewed by Shannon Maughan