Take Your Last Breath

Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. Break out of boredom with this super-awesome series from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child. And get ready to meet Ruby Redfort:code-cracking genius. Intrepid detective. Schoolgirl.

Ruby Redfort burst onto the scene in October 2011, and, in the words of Julia Eccleshare, “put imagination and fun back into childhood”.

Now, everyone’s favourite girl 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, it’s 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 wouldn’t want to bet against her…

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

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.