by Lauren Child

 

The other books in the Clarice Bean series can be found in the 9-12 series section.

 

It's not easy to concentrate at school when mysterious things are happening all around you. In fact, Clarice Bean is starting to feel just like her favorite heroine: Ruby Redfort, schoolgirl detective.

 

Clarice and her utterly best friend, Betty Moody, are planning to ace their book project about Ruby and win the class prize, until Betty disappears into thin air, and horrible teacher Mrs. Wilberton teams Clarice up with the naughtiest boy in school. Will her new partner ruin everything? Will Betty ever come back? And what on earth happened to the silver trophy everyone's hoping to win?

 

Lauren Child brings her trademark wacky wit and eccentric visual energy to a full-length, fastpaced Clarice Bean episode.

 

Lauren Child is a winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, National Literacy Association Award, Smarties Prize Gold Award, Kate Greenaway Medal and was shortlisted for the British Book Award.  Lauren lives in London.

 

Paperback. 208 pages.

 

Age 8-11