Bringing the award-winning Clarice Bean to a whole new audience, this full length novel will delight her fans old and new. The sparkling text and exuberant black and white illustrations revisit Clarice's wacky family and introduce Ruby Redfort, ace girl detective and star of Clarice's favourite books. Ruby is always going on exciting adventures, but all Clarice gets to do is go to the local shop on her own! So she and her best friend Betty Moody decide to do their school project on the Ruby Redfort books, and suddenly they start finding mysteries everywhere. Why are all the coats on the wrong hooks at school and where has grandad disappeared to? A lively, funny and page-turning mystery adventure.
