Lauren Child

Thirteen-year-old Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, gets an anonymous call setting a challenge that leads her to the headquarters of Spectrum, a highly secret anti-crime agency that needs her help to crack a code, but soon Ruby uncovers dastardly plans of the Fool's Gold Gang.

When her Uncle Ted, the fireman, comes to stay with Clarice and her brothers and sister while her mother is away, things get somewhat hectic.

Clarice Bean has a list of things to worry about. How does she handle them?

A veces le toca a Juan la durísima tarea de conseguir que su hermanita Tolola se vaya a la cama. Pero Tolola quiere quedarse levantada y quiere que sus animales participen a cada paso en las preparaciones para acostarse. Juan helps Tolola get ready for bed, despite the tigers, whales, and other animals that serve as obstacles.

"It is sweltering hot, and Clarice Bean is bored, and boredom can lead to trouble, and trouble can lead to people getting very mad at you. Not good when the person who's mad at you is your sister and she has the thing you want most of all: a pair of roller skates. How can Clarice make things right when there's this dog who won't stop following her around? Doesn't he have a home of his own to go to? She's told him to scram, but he just won't listen....