Lauren Child - The Complete Ruby Redfort Collection

This e-book collection first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2017

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Text copyright © Lauren Child 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Illustrations of characters in the 'Picture This' section of Blink and You Die © Lauren Child 2016 Series design by David Mackintosh Inside illustrations © David Mackintosh 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Cover photography © Sandro Sodano

Map layouts of Blink and You Die by Martin Brown Map illustrations of Blink and You Die © Emily Faccini

Look into My Eyes: 9780007447428

Take Your Last Breath: 9780007487509

Catch Your Death: 9780007523337

Feel the Fear: 9780007586806

Pick Your Poison: 9780008139650

Blink and You Die: 9780008190156

Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN 9780008249113

Version: 2018-12-11

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page RUBY REDFORT: THE COMPLETE RUBY REDFORT COLLECTION Look into My Eyes Take Your Last Breath Catch Your Death Feel the Fear Pick Your Poison Blink and You Die Lauren Child

Copyright

Look Into My Eyes

Take Your Last Breath

Catch Your Death

Feel the Fear

Pick Your Poison

Blink and You Die

About the Author

About the Publisher

Table of Contents Cover Title Page RUBY REDFORT: THE COMPLETE RUBY REDFORT COLLECTION Look into My Eyes Take Your Last Breath Catch Your Death Feel the Fear Pick Your Poison Blink and You Die Lauren Child Copyright Look Into My Eyes Take Your Last Breath Catch Your Death Feel the Fear Pick Your Poison Blink and You Die About the Author About the Publisher

Dedication Contents Cover Title Page Dedication Epigraph There was a girl called Ruby An Ordinary Kid Chapter 1. You can never be completely sure what might happen next Chapter 2. There’s a lot of truth in fiction Chapter 3. ‘Sounded like dessert’ Chapter 4. Full of nothing Chapter 5. More of nothing Chapter 6. Fifteen dollars and forty-nine cents Chapter 7. Don’t call us we’ll call you Chapter 8. Getting Lucky Chapter 9. A small dark space Chapter 10. The voice Chapter 11. The eyes followed the hands Chapter 12. The silent G Chapter 13. As good as gold Chapter 14. Don’t erase me Chapter 15. Strictly confidential Chapter 16. Don’t look now Chapter 17. Strange and uneasy Chapter 18. If in doubt, say nothing Chapter 19. One little lie Chapter 20. Unlikely but not impossible Chapter 21. The blink of an eye Chapter 22. Don’t breathe a word Chapter 23. Funny peculiar Chapter 24. A total yawn Chapter 25. Some likely suspects Chapter 26. The little brown box Chapter 27. A formula for murder Chapter 28. Secretly super Chapter 29. A Regular Girl Chapter 30. Room Service Chapter 31. When you’re out, you’re out Chapter 32. The advantage Chapter 33. Crisp and lean Chapter 34. ‘They could feed my toes to a pack of vultures but I would never blab’ Chapter 35. Nine Lives Chapter 36. A colony of vultures Chapter 37. Time waits for no man Chapter 38. The sands of time Chapter 39. Lucky twice Chapter 40. Look into my eyes Cat Woman Acknowledgments

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Epigraph Contents Cover Title Page Dedication Epigraph There was a girl called Ruby An Ordinary Kid Chapter 1. You can never be completely sure what might happen next Chapter 2. There’s a lot of truth in fiction Chapter 3. ‘Sounded like dessert’ Chapter 4. Full of nothing Chapter 5. More of nothing Chapter 6. Fifteen dollars and forty-nine cents Chapter 7. Don’t call us we’ll call you Chapter 8. Getting Lucky Chapter 9. A small dark space Chapter 10. The voice Chapter 11. The eyes followed the hands Chapter 12. The silent G Chapter 13. As good as gold Chapter 14. Don’t erase me Chapter 15. Strictly confidential Chapter 16. Don’t look now Chapter 17. Strange and uneasy Chapter 18. If in doubt, say nothing Chapter 19. One little lie Chapter 20. Unlikely but not impossible Chapter 21. The blink of an eye Chapter 22. Don’t breathe a word Chapter 23. Funny peculiar Chapter 24. A total yawn Chapter 25. Some likely suspects Chapter 26. The little brown box Chapter 27. A formula for murder Chapter 28. Secretly super Chapter 29. A Regular Girl Chapter 30. Room Service Chapter 31. When you’re out, you’re out Chapter 32. The advantage Chapter 33. Crisp and lean Chapter 34. ‘They could feed my toes to a pack of vultures but I would never blab’ Chapter 35. Nine Lives Chapter 36. A colony of vultures Chapter 37. Time waits for no man Chapter 38. The sands of time Chapter 39. Lucky twice Chapter 40. Look into my eyes Cat Woman Acknowledgments

'If the eyes truly are the window to the soul, then some people would be wise to install blinds' Anya Pamplemous, from her book The Puzzles That Lie Within .

Contents

Cover Table of Contents Cover Title Page RUBY REDFORT: THE COMPLETE RUBY REDFORT COLLECTION Look into My Eyes Take Your Last Breath Catch Your Death Feel the Fear Pick Your Poison Blink and You Die Lauren Child Copyright Look Into My Eyes Take Your Last Breath Catch Your Death Feel the Fear Pick Your Poison Blink and You Die About the Author About the Publisher

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

There was a girl called Ruby

An Ordinary Kid

Chapter 1. You can never be completely sure what might happen next

Chapter 2. There’s a lot of truth in fiction

Chapter 3. ‘Sounded like dessert’

Chapter 4. Full of nothing

Chapter 5. More of nothing

Chapter 6. Fifteen dollars and forty-nine cents

Chapter 7. Don’t call us we’ll call you

Chapter 8. Getting Lucky

Chapter 9. A small dark space

Chapter 10. The voice

Chapter 11. The eyes followed the hands

Chapter 12. The silent G

Chapter 13. As good as gold

Chapter 14. Don’t erase me

Chapter 15. Strictly confidential

Chapter 16. Don’t look now

Chapter 17. Strange and uneasy

Chapter 18. If in doubt, say nothing

Chapter 19. One little lie

Chapter 20. Unlikely but not impossible