The exclusive edition of Spy School Blackout is now available to pre-order!!

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Once again, I have partnered with Barnes & Noble to create an exclusive edition of one of my books — which is only available at those bookstores.

What do you get with it? Let’s start with the book jacket: it is specially-designed, with a free, exclusive poster on the inside.

I have also written plenty of bonus content for the book itself: sixteen extra pages of fun stuff that will add to the story (and hopefully make you laugh a bit too).

And how much more will this all cost you? Not one extra cent! The exclusive editions is the exact same price as the regular book.  So why not get it?

Click here to pre-order your copy today!

PS. I know I am not saying much about what is actually in the sixteen pages of bonus content. That’s because explaining it might spoil the rest of the book. So please please please don’t write to ask me what’s in it. It’s won’t be able to tell you. You’ll just have to see it for yourself when you get the book.

160 thoughts on “The exclusive edition of Spy School Blackout is now available to pre-order!!”

  1. Spy School Shoutout

    Yo, listen up, I got a tale to tell,
    About a book series that’s cool as… well—
    Secret codes, missions, spies in disguise,
    Ben Ripley’s world gonna open your eyes.

    Love ya books, that’s the tune,
    Reading late night by the light of the moon.
    Action, comedy, danger too,
    Stuart Gibbs, we salute you!

    From the classroom straight to the field,
    Every twist and turn is a wild reveal.
    Spy School crew, they got your back,
    Crackin’ big plots while they dodge an attack.

    So here’s my rap (not really a rap),
    But a reader’s clap in a rhyme-wrap trap.
    If you want a series that’s funny and fly,
    Spy School’s the one—no lie, no spy!-AWESOME BOOOOK!!!!!

  3. yooooo these books be SICK see yaa in the ring lil homie’poppin drip Keep the Sigma up keep the sus low ya chat Low-Key. (yo books be FIRE GOOD i wish yo books were endless chat FR) W speed 6,7

  4. Nameless –

    I am not planning any teen books in the series at this time. But that could change in the future.

  5. Carlos –

    I beleieve that this is the first fan poem I’ve received in all the years SS has existed. Thanks for your kind words.

  6. Hi Mr. Gibbs I have a question:
    For the event coming up in october, will you just do your regular signature? or personal signing? Thanks!

  7. #bookALLismyfav

    I am not sure which of the four events in October you are referring to, but I generally do personalize books for readers at my events.

  9. Hey Mr. Gibbs,

    This is going to be a long post but I just want to say that I love your books. I have followed with your Spy School series ever since discovering it accidentally during a book fair in elementary to now as a hs junior graduating early with the class of 26′. I never liked reading and I know you’ll be displeased to hear but I will probably never do yet somehow your books always been different for me and been more then just words. It’s like spy movies I was always obsessed with except with teens which was the touch that was needed for me and easy to connect to as a kid and then just stuck with me.

    The actual reason why I wanted to write this though is because rereading your books alone is what actually made me come to realization on just how much I always loved that fed stuff throughout my whole life and that’s when it just clicked that I can in fact actually go in that path. As a result, it helped me decide what I want to study and would love to be in the future when two months ago I was struggling. Now, instead of being that kid who just read your books with all the time in the world, I find myself studying for the asvab and planning to ship out to basic as soon as I graduated high school with many exciting steps planned out. I also must admit that the only thing I’ve actually learned so far from prepping for the asvab is that reading is definitely not as bad as studying.

    Anyhow, you’re genuinely the best author out there and I can’t put to words on just how much I love Spy School in my lowkey grown age. I already find days to go excruciatingly slow waiting for SSB and coincidentally, it comes the day before I take the asvab which makes that week less negative. Wishing you the best and thank you for taking your time to read this.

  10. yourandom –

    Thanks for the kind words. I am very flattered to learn that you have chosen a career path in part because of my books. I wish you the best of luck on your asvab and your career beyond.

    Also, I agree that there are lots of great writers out there. You son’t have to like every book — or even most of them — but I’m sure that you will find others you like if you keep trying. Hopefully, you’ll be inspired by those as well.

  11. Dear Mr. Gibbs,

    I just want to say I worked with your wife for 3 years, and she was the most wonderful person I ever met. She always had something kind to say, and I was so so sorry to hear about her passing.

    Alexandria Baldrini

  13. I heard that Jane Goodall died today. Did you ever meet her, or did she inspire anything in FunJungle, like Ape Escape?

  14. Dear Mr. Gibbs,

    This is kind of a random question but I’ve always kind of wondered about this. Do authors remember almost every detail that they have written about. Like you for example have written so many books, is there stuff that you forgot but die hard fans will remember??

  16. Would you ever consider using the help of AI to write. Not like it write it for you but ideas and stuff. And also do you get pitched ideas for some books anbd write them or do you always come up with ideas for new series.

  17. Poppy –

    I never got to meet Jane Goodall but she was hugely influential on me and may be one of the greatest scientists / people who ever existed.

  18. Baker Mayfield –

    I find it extremely hard to believe that any author could remember all the details they have ever written. I certainly can’t. For example, I wrote Belly Up seventeen years ago. There are plenty of things I did seventeen years ago that I can’t recall. So remembering everything I made up is impossible.

  19. Chase Brown Downtown –

    I do like football and I was born in Philadelphia. So I will let you try to deduce my favorite team from that.

  20. Bruh –

    Anonymous

    I absolutely loathe the idea of using AI in my work. I am perfectly capable of coming up with ideas on my own and feel that anything AI could do would be a mediocre version of what I do, and if it can in any way approximate my writing style, that is only because my works were used without my permission to train it.

    I know there are writers who use it, but I will not.

    Also, I do not take ideas for my books from anyone else. I wouldn;t want to take the ideas that someone else has worked so hard on.

  21. I remember almost every detail I’ve written in the past year, but that’s mostly because I only write shorter fiction and novellas, and because I’ve only been writing for a year or two. (I also have a better-than-average memory for random details.)

    Yeah, I never want to use AI. It can definitely mimic a writer’s style, but it always comes out as a blend of every aspect of writing, with the creativity and magic of the story lost in the algorithm.

    Jane Goodall was really a wonderful person. I’m definitely going to miss her, and I hope she inspires people for a long time.

  23. Dear Mr. Gibbs,

    What inspires you to choose the locations for each book?
    I would assume you’ve been to each of the locations for research purposes, so what were your favorite things at each location?

  24. ericahale –

    Why I choose a location can be any number of things, but usually it’s that 1) I decide a certain location works in a story and then try to go there to research it or 2) I happen to be at a certain location and realize that it would be a good setting.

    Since I have been to most of the several hundred locations that have appeared in my books, I don’t really have the time to loist my favorite things at each of them. However, it’s safe to say that, if a specific site pops up in a book of mine, then it was a location that I enjoyed visiting.

  26. Hello i CANT WAIT i just cant this is gonna be the best book all year I CANT WAIT!!!!!!! 🙂 These books make reading soo awesome your the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time)

  28. I have been reading spy school for about a year now and I have finished all of them I love the characters and the mystery and the plot. Keep doing what you do, and if you need a break from everything, please do not hesitate because we want you on your best, even if that means you need to take a hiatus. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!

  30. So for this book did you get to go to Indonesia cause I absolutely loved my trip theirand I am interested to know

  31. TheUltimatePineapple

    Yes, Blackout was very much inspired by a trip to Indonesia. It is an amazing place.

  32. Hello, Mr. Gibbs, I was just curious as to why there was such a big gap between this book and the next one. Wouldn’t you want to release a book around the holidays? Thank you.

  33. @Emilio I’m not Mr. Gibbs, but as far as I know it is a bad idea to release a book around the holidays, from a marketing standpoint. Lots of people buy gifts earlier, and will have spent all their gift money by the holidays. Plus, many stores and retailers will be closed, and it will be hard to sell and publicize a book at that time. (I’m interested to see what Mr. Gibbs says, not sure how close I am.)

  34. Also, I just finished Spy School Blackout an hour ago. It was amazing, and I love the ending! Super excited for Book 14!

  35. Emilio –

    I think most people would consider that the five month gap between this book and the next one is relatively short for an author. Many authors go years between books.

    Abd Oopy is right: The holiday buying season starts right around now, so this already counts as a holiday book.

  38. hi hi i just want to say i love all your books, ive read every single one of them ?? ive been reading spy school since i was 9, it’s been 7 years now and i still make sure i go get the new books on the release date and read it that evening ^^ spy school has been such a big part of my life, it inspired me to write my own stories and it honestly shaped who i am today with my interest in maybe being some sort of detective when im older. im going to one of your authors panels later this month and im so excited! blackout was so good im super excited for the next one ?

  39. I just finished Blackout and I seriously love the Ben and Erica moments in this one !! Their dynamic is always so casual compared to the others but you can tell how important they are to each other I just love them.

  42. Dear Mr. Gibbs,
    I am currently reading your book and I love it so far. I didn’t get too far because I was in school, but I love it so far. Thank you for writing this wonderful book. 🙂

  43. Mr Gibbs,
    Your book is one of the best books in this series that you have written! Keep up the great work!

    P.S. Any hints for SS14?
    I also follow you on Instagram

  46. Mr. Gibbs,

    first of all, I really enjoyed Blackout, except, it feels a bit wrong that Murray Hill isn’t in it, like, I get he’s in jail but I figured someone would’ve busted him out for this plan, he is, at least to me, an iconic spy school character. Overall, it was a good book.

  48. I have actually been hoping for years that there would be a Spy School book without [name redacted by me so I don’t spoil it for anyone else, but if you’ve read the book you know who I’m talking about]. But this time, it just feels strangely lonely. I guess that character, while an obnoxious jerk, is a permanent and familiar fixture of the series. I hope they’re in the next one.

    Also, I’ve been making a Spy School fan website. (Not official at all.) Check it out by clicking the link below.

    https://huckleberrysites.com/spy-school/

  49. Hi Mr, Gibbs,

    Bare in mind I’m one of your more “older” readers (now in university) but I’ve been reading since I was in elementary school! I wanted to ask if there is an outline in terms of what the next entries into the series would be. I would assume you have multiple drafts so but do you have a plan to avoid any sort of potential repetitiveness that may result in some books being too similar to each other? I can understand that you need to keep the series to a PG level and while I don’t think excessive violence is necessary for a series to thrive, a sense a direction/storytelling is fundamental (I don’t think its my place to be telling you how to write the story though)

    In terms of the series as of now I’ve always felt post-SPYDER, each book felt like it’s own independent adventure which were always nice but to me personally they never really felt like they were going anywhere specific which isn’t a bad thing I’ve enjoyed them as one off adventures. However, in the SPYDER era readers would get an idea of what would happen next in terms of story as we were aware that this is a conflict spanning across multiple books not like a single resolution (while there were resolutions per book, the main threat was still SPYDER). Regardless, I’m excited to check out this next entry and see where this series goes next!

    Thank you and sorry if this is too long!

  50. **maybe some spoilers** Another good book by Stuart Gibbs, the writing is fantastic, and I’m going to have to give it 5 stars. I loved the book, especially moments between Erica and Ben, Ben and Trixie, and Erica and Trixie. I like the addition of older characters and that the writing style changes a little in every book. The plot was good and the transition into the next book is great like the one from Spy School Goes South to Spy School British Invasion. A great book (as usual) from Stuart Gibbs. My problems are less with this specific book but more with the last 3 books. Since Spy School Project X, the books have changed significantly. SPOLIERS REMOVED.. Also, I think that the books had more before Ben ended up with Erica, because it added to the plot (love triangles, betrayals and a lot of other drama). Anyway I’m only 16 so what do I know about writing books. Stuart, you are a fantastic author (my favorite actually) so please don’t take offense at anything I said. Thank you for the work you do and I hope you continue to do it. My condolences about your wife. I know it’s been a few years, but someone I was very close to passed away a few months ago and I know how hard it can be. Thank you and may God bless you and your children.

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