<i>Ruby Redfort: Look into My Eyes</i> (review)
2012; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 65; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2012.0428
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
ResumoReviewed by: Ruby Redfort: Look into My Eyes Karen Coats Child, Lauren . Ruby Redfort: Look into My Eyes. Candlewick, 2012. 387p. Trade ed. ISBN 978-0-7636-5120-6 $16.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-0-7636-5636-2 $16.99 R Gr. 5-8. Fans of Child's Clarice Bean series will know that Clarice and her friends are devoted to the fictional Ruby Redfort detective series; now Ruby has an outing of her own. Ruby is a code-cracking prodigy who decides at the age of two that she wants to be a detective. At seven, she turns down an offer to go to Harvard, but now, in junior high, she gets her first chance to do some real investigative work, when a priceless statue and a shipment of gold are scheduled to arrive in her town at the same time, and she is called upon to help prevent their theft. This follows all of the classic caper fiction protocols, with fancy gadgets, preposterous villains, a super-secret detective agency, codes to crack (with website help), and outlandish plots around both the thefts and revenge on meddling kids. Ruby's specialty is cryptanalysis, but of course she can't resist getting into the action herself, taking her entirely necessary sidekick, Clancy Crew, with her. She is everything you want a pint-sized detective to be: smart, resourceful, and brave with a clever wisecrack ever at the ready. Mystery fans who have outgrown Clarice Bean will nonetheless join her in her admiration of this mashup of Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown with twists and quirks that are all Ruby's own. Copyright © 2012 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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