Take Your Last Breath (Ruby Redfort, Book 2)

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Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. So break out of boredom with multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child, and meet your new favourite heroine Ruby Redfort: detective, secret agent, thirteen-year-old kid.
Everyones favourite kid detective is back for a second mind-blowing instalment, packed with all the off-the-wall humour, action and friendship of the first book. This time, though, its an adventure on the wide open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea

Can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount

Well, you wouldnt want to bet against her

Reviews

Praise for Lauren Child:

Lauren Child is a publishing phenomenon Observer Magazine

Lauren Child is so good its 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

Author Bio

Lauren Child burst on to the childrens 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.