Ruby Crusoe
Publisher: Luitingh-Sijthoff
The Departure
The start of a new trilogy by bestselling author Kevin Hassing
Atmospheric cover and fullcolour endpapers by Mark Janssen
Kevin Hassing’s Robin & Captain Cross Beard series is currently being adapted into film and theatre
Twelve-year-old Ruby, daughter of the famous Robinson Crusoe, dreams of adventure. While her brothers shudder at their father’s stories, Ruby longs to survive on an island, like her father did. So she secretly jumps aboard a ship, only to be stranded on a desert island weeks later. She soon discovers that survival is, above all, difficult and lonely. Just when she is about to throw in the towel, she makes a terrifying discovery. The island seems to be anything but deserted…
Praise:
‘It’s hard to resist Kevin Hassing’s smooth, witty writing (…) An old-fashioned, gripping adventure story.’ — Trouw
