巴茲與妹妹達莉亞自父母過世後厄運連連，逃離社工後流落紐約街頭。饑寒交迫時，一位昔日名廚向他們伸出援手──提供甜點與庇護，似乎是命運的轉機。然而，看似美好的「克雷文甜點店」，其背後竟藏有不可告人的祕密……幽默中帶著驚悚，讓人欲罷不能的黑色童話！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 train, only to find themselves wounded (Dahlia) and bedraggled (Basil) and without a soul to care for them. What’s more, they’re lost in the wilds of New York City.Famished and alone, they wander into Cravings, the delectable bakery owned by Laurel Fox, disgraced celebrity chef with a soft spot for poor, hungry orphans. When she offers them luxurious accommodations and all
