Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. Break out of boredom with Ruby Redfort, the super-awesome teen detective series from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child...

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Here's the low-down on Ruby Redfort: she's a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her slick sidekick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they're always ice-cool in a crisis.

In this first book, we go right back to Ruby's beginnings as an agent. When an anonymous caller sets Ruby a challenge, it's not long before she finds her way into the HQ of the most secret of secret agencies - SPECTRUM. They need her help to crack a code but her desk job soon spirals into an all-out action adventure, as Ruby uncovers the dastardly plans of the formidable Fool's Gold Gang...

About the Author

Lauren Child burst on to the children's books scene in 1999 and has since published many bestselling and award-winning books, including those featuring the hugely popular Charlie and Lola, and the Clarice Bean series. She has won numerous awards including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Gold Award. Her books have been made into an award-winning TV series and have sold in many languages with runaway success.

Reviews

Praise for Lauren Child:

'Lauren Child is a publishing phenomenon' - Observer Magazine

'Lauren Child is so good it's exhilarating' - The Independent

Praise for the Ruby Redfort series:

'The coolest girl hero in years ... Child refuses to write down to her tween and teen audience and challenges readers with more twists than a curling tongs party' The Times

'Redfort is one of the best things to happen to ten-plus British fiction' The Times

'The new Ruby Redfort book is utterly exceptionordinarily brilliant' - Clarice Bean

'Lauren Child has put imagination and fun back into the real worlds of childhood' - Julia Eccleshare, Guardian

'Cool, punchy, stylish' - Sun

'A cracking adventure' - Mail

'What more could adventure-loving girls want?' - The Sunday Times

Book Information
ISBN 9780007334070
Author Lauren Child
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 350g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 29mm