Ruby Redfort Look into my Eyes by Lauren Child Review

Ruby Redfort is one of my favourite book of all time. Ignore any bad reviews of it you hear- I think it's amazing, and that's what counts right? Ruby is a supersmart, wisecracking kid genius, and a very addictive character. She was first introduced in Lauren Child's best seller, Clarice Bean. Readers loved her so much that Lauren decided to make a book about her.Reviews are astounding:

“the feisty heroine, her loyal best friend Clancy, and the adventures they become tangled up in are humorous, exciting and gripping” – We Love This Book

“…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

“Lauren Child has put imagination and fun back into the real worlds of childhood.” – Julia Eccleshare, Guardian

“Lauren Child is a publishing phenomenon” – Observer Magazine

“Lauren Child is so good it’s exhilarating” – The Independent.

Lauren Child, the author of the Ruby Redfort series

While the plot line is very complicated (if you stopped reading it for a while and then came back to it it probably wouldn't make any sense to you) it only serves to make the book more enjoyable, because it lends such a superbly crafted feel to it. The basic plot goes something like this (I haven't made it too detailed-I don't want to spoil it!)

It's about a girl called Ruby Redfort and a boy called Clancy Crew. Both of them are clever children, but Ruby is uncommonly clever. In fact, she could be called a genius.she is mainly known for her incredible talent in codecracking. This trait is not one shared by the family- both her father (Brant Redfort) and her mother (Sabina Redfort) are, although dreadfully nice, really rather dim. This means Ruby is free to do what she pleases, or at least nearly ( the much loved Mrs Digby (the house keeper) is not so easily fooled).

Ruby is far too intelligent for her school, and tends to get rather bored. So when Ruby starts getting strange phones messages she decides to find out what's going on. She follows a bewildering trail of codes and puzzles that lead her to a spy agency. And not just any spy agency but a place so secret that not even the government know about it. Spectrum.

Spectrum ask Ruby to do some very secretive work for them. They say that Ruby will be completely out of danger but (and it's a big but)  she must not tell a soul. But can she really keep it zipped on something as big as this? And just what is this secret work? No danger huh? They couldn't have been more wrong.
Sound good? It really really is. I highly recommend it. There are even sequels! I'll be reviewing them soon. Have fun reading : )