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