Two orphan siblings with truly terrible luck battle an evil celebrity chef in this “bitingly humorous and appealingly weird” (Publishers Weekly) illustrated middle grade romp in the vein of A Series of Unfortunate Events. It’s hard to imagine things could get worse after one’s parents die in a greenhouse explosion. But that is precisely what happens to Basil and his younger sister,Dahlia. They escape from the social worker who wants to split them up to different foster homes by jumping off a moving trainonly to find themselves wounded (Dahlia) and bedraggled (Basil) and without a soul to care for them. What’s morethey’re lost in the wilds of New York City. Famished and alonethey wander into Cravingsthe delectable bakery owned by Laurel Foxdisgraced celebrity chef with a soft spot for poorhungry orphans. When she offers them luxurious accommodations and all the éclairs they can eatBasil and Dahlia dare to hope their luck has changed at last. But the savvy reader will know it can’t be as simple as all that! Laurel Fox is out for redemptionand she’ll do anything to get the sinister secret ingredient she requires.