First published in hardback in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2012 First published in paperback by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2013 This electronic edition published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2015 HarperCollins Children’s Books is a division of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF The HarperCollins Children’s Books website address is www.harpercollins.co.uk
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Source ISBN: 9780007334094
eBook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780007487509
Version: 2015-06-05
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“Redfort is one of the best things to happen to ten-plus British fiction… these are modern classics.” The Times
“Lauren Child has put imagination and fun back into the real worlds of childhood.” Julia Eccleshare, Guardian
“Clues, gadgets, secret HQs, a heist, explosions… T-shirts with cool slogans and a supply of jelly doughnuts. What more could adventure-loving girls want?” Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times
“Cool, punchy, stylish.” Sun
“I like the way Ruby is not a girlie girl and has lots of adventures.” Amazon
“Totally amazing… a book you can’t put down!” www.goodreads.com
Contents
Chapter 1. Don’t back away or they will see you as prey
Chapter 2. One drop could save your life
Chapter 3. Plankton and sea cucumbers
Chapter 4. The recurring dream
Chapter 5. The shape of a condor
Chapter 7. Dolphins, sharks - they’re all the same
Chapter 13. -... . .- - / .. - --..-- / -. --- ... -.-- / .--. .- .-. -.- . .-.
Chapter 14. Another Twinford Bay casualty
Chapter 15. Clutching at straws
Chapter 17. Something fearsome this way comes
Chapter 19. Strange and old-fashioned
Chapter 20. A real potato head
Chapter 22. No news is good news
Chapter 23. Love without words
Chapter 25. Once in a blue moon