Fans of Child's irrepressible, impulsive picture-book heroine -- as
well as kids who have not yet had the pleasure of making her
acquaintance -- will devour her first chapter-book adventure. --
Publishers Weekly
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*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 that will charm even the most capricious reader.