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Take Your Last Breath

By: Lauren Child
Narrated by: Rachael Stirling
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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…

 Action & Adventure Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Fiction Comedy Adventure Pirate

Critic 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
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The narration brings the story to life it portrays Ruby's sarcastic character perfectly love the book

Narration is excellent

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This book always keeps you on the edge of your seat and is so interesting

The best book ever

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the book was great
relived it many times
enjoyed it a lot
thank you lauren child

Great

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So glad I got this finished the whole series 3 times and I’m on my 4th now

So good

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I loved the mystery of the sea monster and the twist at the end. I have really enjoyed the books so far because the characters have great attitudes. I could read them all day.

Great book I really enjoyed it

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