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Spy School secret service : a spy school novel

Gibbs, Stuart 1969- (author.).

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley is assigned to protect the president from an assassination attempt in his first solo mission, but he may be in over his head.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781481477840
  • ISBN: 1481477846
  • ISBN: 9781481477826
  • ISBN: 148147782X
  • ISBN: 9781481477833
  • ISBN: 1481477838
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource (xii, 338 pages)
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Sequel to: Spy ski school.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Assassination -- Juvenile fiction
Presidents -- Juvenile fiction
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
Schools -- Juvenile fiction
Washington (D.C.) -- Juvenile fiction
JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
Spies
Spies -- Fiction
Assassination -- Fiction
Presidents -- Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction
Schools -- Fiction
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction
Genre: Spy fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Electronic books.

Electronic resources


  • Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2018 Spring
    Undercover in the White House, thirteen-year-old spy Ben Ripley saves the president from a bomb--but it looks like [cf2]he[cf1] was the assassin! With old allies seemingly turned against him, Ben needs to clear his own name and uncover the real villain. This fifth Spy School book has an exciting whodunit plot with the right level of complexity and lots of action. Copyright 2018 Horn Book Guide Reviews.
  • Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2017 August #1
    Only a few months after accidently blowing up the principal's office at the CIA Academy of Espionage, 13-year-old Benjamin Ripley is back with another explosive assignment, and the stakes couldn't be any higher. With reliable intel that the evil organization SPYDER is plotting an assassination attempt against the president of the United States, Ben is handpicked to go undercover as a friend of the president's son to stop the attack before it happens. In keeping with Spy School adventures past, nothing ever goes quite as planned, and Ben and his agent-in-training classmates find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes and hilarious secret operation to save the leader of the free world. While Gibbs largely sticks to the formula that readers have come to know and love, the setting takes on added importance in this installment, keeping the story fresh and adding depth to the otherwise lighthearted spy romp. As it's peppered with entertaining historical trivia, readers may even lear n a thing or two as they follow Ben from one Washington, D.C., landmark to the next. While Ben is white and the rest of the cast lacks significant racial diversity, their individual quirks and humor will likely appeal to middle-grade readers. Strong female characters like Ben's crush, superspy-in-training Erica Hale, add a gender balance and strengthen the story. This is espionage well worth uncovering. (Thriller. 8-12) Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.

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