Ruby Redfort Blink and You Die
Ruby Redfort Blink and You Die
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Candlewick Press
Just the Series: Ruby Redfort Vol. 6   

Series and Publisher: Ruby Redfort   

Annotation: Thirteen-year-old genius and undercover agent Ruby Redfort finds herself dealing with a terrifying series of threats that suggest that one of the people closest to her has betrayed her.
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #156071
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Copyright Date: 2018
Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 05/08/18
Pages: 512 pages
ISBN: 0-7636-5472-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-7636-5472-6
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2018944779
Dimensions: 20 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

The series concludes in this sixth entry with code-cracking super-agent Ruby in search of a traitor within Spectrum's ranks. The familiar supporting cast is here to help, but another child spy may play an integral part in the mystery. Ruby is in top form, solving ingenious puzzles, performing impossible physical feats, and amassing clues to discover the solution. An exciting and satisfying finale for fans.

Kirkus Reviews

The young agent and codebreaking genius, recruited by the secret Spectrum organization, risks life and limb to uncover the traitor within its ranks.With Spectrum agents sidelined while the traitor remains at large, Ruby's forced to take survival-training classes. (Lessons in surviving an avalanche and avoiding hypothermia soon come in handy.) Is the traitor the same evildoer who terrifies even an archvillain like the Count? The answer may lie in Spectrum's only other child spy, Bradley Baker. Ruby's research takes her to Spectrum's well-protected underwater vault on Meteor Island, where she learns that Baker, believed killed in a plane crash, may still be alive. Ruby's familiar sidekicks return: loyal friend Clancy; housekeeper and TV bingo addict Mrs. Digby; Ruby's clueless parents; and Hitch, posing as the family butler to keep an eye on Ruby. As clues pile up, new dangers loom; Ruby evades them with panache and nifty high-tech gadgetry, including a bicycle with a hyperspeed setting and a fur cape that doubles as a parachute. Readers can try a few codes that Ruby cracks (they're explained in an afterword). Ruby's world remains a largely white one; its decidedly retro atmosphere (a 1970s California that feels more like the '50s) is reinforced by the narrative's meandering pace, asides, and non sequiturs.This final installment offers more than the usual complement of cliffhangers, daring escapes, and surprises; fans of this droll, quirky, and sui generis series won't be disappointed. (note) (Mystery. 9-14)

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Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)
Kirkus Reviews
Word Count: 99,136
Reading Level: 5.6
Interest Level: 4-7
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.6 / points: 15.0 / quiz: 500820 / grade: Middle Grades
Lexile: 780L

Got a sixth sense for trouble? Read on, buster. Our favorite girl detective calls on her gut instincts in an exciting grand finale of the Ruby Redfort series.

Ruby Redfort: you can count on her when the ice starts to crack. Falling through the air at 120 miles per hour? Just relax and think fast. But now even Ruby Redfort is running scared. A bunch of people want her dead, and worst of all, one of them is on her team. When your name is first on a mastermind’s hit list, do you lock the doors, switch off the lights, and wait for someone else to do something? Or do you get out there and save yourself? If you’re Ruby Redfort, genius code breaker and undercover agent, the choice is clear: death or glory. In a satisfying series finale, surprises are in store and Spectrum’s backstory comes to light as fans bid good-bye to Ruby Redfort, every smart kid’s smart kid.


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