Ruby Redfort: secret agent, detective, thirteen-year-old kid.

And now... survival expert.

It's not always possible to skip around smelling roses, 'cos sometimes you're too busy gripping onto the cliff edge by your fingernails. But 99 times out of 100 it's worth hanging in there bozo: just as things can get worse so too can they get a whole lot better.

In this handy pocket-sized book, Ruby will give you the lowdown on how to survive a bunch of tricky situations. So long as you keep a cool head, buster, you can make it out of there alive...

This book is part of a book series called Ruby Redfort .

This book has been graded for interest at 9+ years.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers .

One of today's most successful creators of children's books, Lauren Child is the winner of several awards, including Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal for Clarice Bean, That's Me. Lauren lives in North London.