Ruby Crusoe | 1. The Departure

First part of an adventurous series by bestselling author Kevin Hassing about survival on a deserted island. 

Three-time Children's Jury winner Kevin Hassing (known for, among others, Mus & kapitein Kwaadbaard and the Children's Book Week gift Lexie) surprises his readers with a new adventurous series. Ruby Crusoe – The Departure is the first part and is about twelve-year-old Ruby, daughter of the famous castaway Robinson Crusoe.

While her brothers shiver at their father's survival stories, Ruby longs for one thing: to also survive on an island. So she secretly jumps aboard a ship, only to be stranded weeks later on a deserted island. Soon she discovers that survival is tough and lonely. Just when she is about to lose hope, she makes a terrifying discovery…