Hang in There Bozo: The Ruby Redfort Emergency Survival Guide for Some Tricky Predicaments

Hang in There Bozo: The Ruby Redfort Emergency Survival Guide for Some Tricky Predicaments
Lauren Child

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…

Contents

Title Page (#u2bdaaa2e-7aee-5d1e-bdfb-2e03660a02e4)

1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR WORST WORRY COMES YOUR WAY (#ulink_16a7e62d-e734-5eca-a855-ea65fa54ed71)

2. STUFF YOU’LL NEED (#ulink_e3bab191-dc11-53ac-925f-41d095588d9b)

Survival tools (#ulink_3177c9b8-7d71-5485-9286-60020f05dcb8)

Spectrum gadgets (#ulink_e22c9444-fe17-5cab-9140-416cc346edc2)

3. GETTING YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME (#ulink_98385ff9-68f5-5124-9c10-f04aefd47141)

Decide to stay calm (#ulink_54d42093-7da3-5af8-9daf-688b29be95b2)

Think sideways (#ulink_b1f7a21f-63ed-5273-b580-b4c56f7759ea)

Be resourceful (#litres_trial_promo)

Never give up (#litres_trial_promo)

4. SKILLS TO BONE UP ON (#litres_trial_promo)

Making a fire (#litres_trial_promo)

Finding shelter (#litres_trial_promo)

Finding water (#litres_trial_promo)

5. WHATEVER YOU DO, BUSTER, DON’T GET LOST (#litres_trial_promo)

Trying to find your way in daytime? (#litres_trial_promo)

It’s night and you need to know where to go? (#litres_trial_promo)

Use a compass, genius. (#litres_trial_promo)

Don’t have a compass? (#litres_trial_promo)

6. SO YOU GOT LOST, BUSTER? (#litres_trial_promo)

What to do if you are lost in the desert (#litres_trial_promo)

What to do if you are marooned at sea (#litres_trial_promo)

What to do if you are alone in the wilderness and have no clue where you are (#litres_trial_promo)

7. OK, SO THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAN BEING LOST (#litres_trial_promo)

How to survive quicksand (#litres_trial_promo)

How to survive a forest fire (#litres_trial_promo)

How to survive a rip current (#litres_trial_promo)

8. DANGEROUS ANIMALS, INCLUDING THE TWO-LEGGED TALKING VARIETY (#litres_trial_promo)

Snakes (#litres_trial_promo)

Snakish individuals (#litres_trial_promo)

How to sidestep an angry dog (#litres_trial_promo)

How to sidestep an angry individual (#litres_trial_promo)

Wolves (#litres_trial_promo)

Ocean predators (#litres_trial_promo)

Alien life forms (#litres_trial_promo)

Rhinos (#litres_trial_promo)

Bears (#litres_trial_promo)

Tigers (#litres_trial_promo)

Bullies (#litres_trial_promo)

9. SURVIVAL ETIQUETTE (#litres_trial_promo)

If you should happen to meet the Queen of England (#litres_trial_promo)

Meeting the ambassador (#litres_trial_promo)

Dealing with individuals who you suspect might be dangerous (#litres_trial_promo)

Dealing with individuals who you know are dangerously dull (#litres_trial_promo)

9½. WHEN ETIQUETTE FAILS: GET ME OUTTA HERE SIGNALS (#litres_trial_promo)

Fire (#litres_trial_promo)

Morse code (#litres_trial_promo)