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Spy School
Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or bust. So he’s thrilled when he’s recruited to the C.I.A.’s top secret Academy of Espionage. Only, it turns out, Ben hasn’t been brought in because the C.I.A. expects him to succeed. Instead, he’s been brought in as bait to catch a dangerous enemy agent. Now, Ben needs to step up his game before he ends up dead. Can he solve the crime, get the girl and save the day?
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2013 EDGAR NOMINEE: BEST JUVENILE MYSTERY
“Spy School pulls together the best of middle grade writing—action, adventure, awkward romance, plot twists and turns, and of course, unrelenting humor. Gibbs does an excellent job of never quite letting you figure out what is going to happen next, and keeping you on your toes. Ben is a perfect bumbling hero… Spy School will keep young readers engrossed from cover to cover.” — Bookpage
“Twists and turns in the plot keep readers guessing until the very end. The story, over-the-top funny, combines Alex Rider’s espionage skills with a huge dose of the sarcasm of Artemis Fowl.” – School Library Journal
“Stuart Gibbs has set up a fast-paced and humorous action story… a book as entertaining as an animated film. Spy School begins with immediate action and carries the pace through to the end. Gibbs combines plot twists, action, and humor so the story never gets boring.“ — Christian Library Journal
Spy Camp
Ben Ripley is back! And now that summer’s finally here, he’s ready to have some fun and relax. Except that’s not going to happen, because a spy-in-training’s work is never done. Ben and fellow students are shipped off to Spy Camp, a top-secret wilderness survival training facility. When SPYDER, an enemy spy organization resurfaces, Ben will have to put all his newfound skills to the test. Luckily, Ben has Erica Hale – his beautiful and talented fellow student – along for the adventure. Can Ben stay alive, impress the girl and once again thwart SPYDER’s nefarious plans?
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2014 TEXAS BLUEBONNET AWARD NOMINEE
“Gibbs’ screenwriter roots are evident in the explosive action sequences. The quirky cast of characters, witty dialogue and high-stakes action make for an entertaining read that will likely satisfy adrenaline junkies.” – Kirkus Reviews
“Spies, counterspies and moles speed the brisk action… The characters are both comic and convincing (no mean feat), and the story boasts some nifty surprises. Fans of the genre will be pleased and will look forward to the next volume in this series.” – Booklist
Evil Spy School
On the first day of the new year at spy school, thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley accidentally shoots a live mortar into the principal’s office—and gets himself expelled. But when SPYDER shows up shortly afterward, offering him a position in their evil organization, he begins to suspect he’s been set up for a mission. So he accepts.
As a new student in SPYDER’s evil spy school, which trains kids to become bad guys with classes like Counter Counterespionage and Laying Low 101, Ben does some secret spying of his own. He’s acting as unofficial undercover agent, and it becomes quickly apparent that SPYDER is planning something very big—and very evil. Ben can tell he’s a key part of the plan, but he’s not quite sure what the plan is. Can Ben figure out what SPYDER is up to—and get word to the good guys without getting caught—before it’s too late?
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Spy Ski School
The CIA has finally decided to activate Ben Ripley for real.
The Mission: Become friends with Jessica Shang, the daughter of a suspected Chinese crime boss, and find out all of her father’s secrets. Jessica wants to go to ski school in the Rocky Mountains, so a select few spy school students are going skiing too—under cover, of course.
Ben might not be able to handle a weapon (or a pair of skis), but he’s poised for success on this one. That is, until his best friend from home drops in on the trip and jeopardizes the entire mission…
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Spy School Secret Service
Ben Ripley has had a lot of field success despite only just beginning his second year at Spy School, something graduates rarely experience. But he would never have survived without the help from experienced agents and his friends.
Now he’s been called in on a solo mission—and the fate of the United States of America is on his shoulders alone.
The Mission: Prevent a presidential assassination by infiltrating the White House, and locating the enemy operative. But when the president’s son is as helpful as a hamster, and a trained SPYDER agent would never appear to be up to something (they’re far too clever for that), Ben may be in over his head this time.
And when everything goes wrong, Ben must rely on his Spy School friends to save his reputation…but even friends can double-cross or be swayed to the enemy’s side.
“A high-stakes and hilarious secret operation… This is espionage well worth uncovering.” – Kirkus Reviews
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Spy School Goes South
When Murray Hill offers spy-in-training Ben Ripley a deal to catch the leaders of SPYDER once and for all, Ben smells a rat. But he has no choice but to sign on.
The mission: Accompany Murray Hill to an undisclosed location with Erica Hale, find SPYDER and call the CIA for back-up.
However, as Ben suspected, nothing goes as planned, and what should be an easy mission quickly turns deadly. Now, Ben and Erica will have to face rogue agents, trained killers, and even very hungry crocodiles in a race against the clock to find out what SPYDER is up to this time—and thwart their evil plans.
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Spy School British Invasion
Stranded in Mexico after nearly capturing the leaders of SPYDER, Ben Ripley and his spy school friends need to come up with a new plan to defeat their enemies, their only clue a mysterious key that opens… something.
The Mission: Go rogue from the CIA, head to England to locate the leader of SPYDER, the enigmatic Mr. E, and bring down the evil organization once and for all.
Only it won’t be easy. They’ll have to deal with rival evil splinter factions, devious double-crosses, British hooligans and learning to drive on the opposite side of the road. But they have no other choice: this is their last chance to destroy SPYDER — before SPYDER unleashes one final evil scheme upon the world.
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Spy School Revolution
Ben Ripley has barely returned to America after defeating SPYDER when someone makes an attempt on his life — at CIA headquarters. Even worse, the attacker appears to be none other than Erica Hale.
But while the CIA has branded Erica a traitor, Ben believes there must be another explanation for her actions — even if he has to go rogue to find out what it is. Now, he’ll find himself up against an evil organization that has been working in secret for a very long time — so long, in fact, that Ben will have to track down the files of America’s original spymaster, George Washington himself.
It’s an adventure that will test Ben in ways he’s never been tested before. An adventure that will jeopardize the lives of the people Ben cares for — and test the loyalties of his friends as well.
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Spy School At Sea
Thanks to the evidence Ben uncovered in his investigation of the Croatoan, the CIA has tracked his nemesis, Murray Hill, to Central America, where they believe he is boarding the world’s biggest cruise ship, The Emperor of the Seas, on its maiden voyage around the world.
The CIA and MI6 want to find out what Murray is plotting, but to do that, they need to send in the person who knows Murray Hill the best: Ben Ripley. Only Ben can’t be sent in alone. So he’ll be posing as part of a family, with Alexander and Catherine Hale as his parents, Erica as his sister, and his best friend Mike as his brother.
At first, it sounds exciting to have a mission on the most glamorous ocean liner on earth, but as usual, nothing goes according to plan. There is action, danger, and plenty of surprises as Ben and his team quickly find themselves in hot water.
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Spy School Project X
This time, it’s personal.
Ben Ripley’s longtime nemesis, Murray Hill has put a price on Ben’s head and accused him of being at the center of a conspiracy on the internet. Now Ben finds himself in his greatest danger yet and is on the run from both assassins and conspiracy theorists. With only his friends to rely on, Ben must race against time, across state lines, to track down Murray before Ben’s enemies can find him.
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Spy School Goes North
The coolest Spy School adventure yet
In the eleventh book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley goes on a rescue mission when one of his own is abducted from a remote Alaskan training facility.
Ben Ripley and his friends are training in Alaska when Cyrus Hale is kidnapped by his old Russian nemesis. Ben, Erica, and the others mount a rescue mission, but events quickly spiral out of control in a plot involving the secret history of US-Russian relations, a young KGB agent with skills to rival Erica’s—and lots and lots of bears.
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Spy School Goes Wild
When Ben Ripley’s latest mission goes horribly wrong, he ends up lost in a dangerous wilderness without any of his support team — and stuck with his longtime nemesis, Murray Hill. To make matters even worse, a new, devious enemy is hatching an evil plan and plotting revenge against Ben. Now, Ben must figure out how to survive — and how to thwart the evil scheme — before it’s too late.
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Spy School Blackout
After a devious computer hacker pulls off the CIA’s worst-case scenario, shutting down power networks all over the world, Ben and his fellow spies-in-training are forced to make a harrowing emergency landing of their plane in Indonesia. While chaos begins to erupt around the planet, Ben deduces that his team is closer to the mysterious hacker’s base than anyone else. But with all computers and phones down, there’s no way to communicate with anyone at the CIA. On their latest mission to save the world, Ben and his friends face a conniving villain, assassins, pirates, sharks, and very big lizards in the most remote—and deadly—location of any spy school yet!
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Spy School Goes East
When the seasoned adult spies of the Hale family mysteriously disappear on a mission to China, Ben Ripley and his fellow spies-in-training head east to discover what happened to them—and find themselves up against a villainous plot that will take them from the skyscrapers of Shanghai to the ancient ruins of the Great Wall to the remote regions of the Gobi desert.
Available October 6, 2026
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Spy School is also available in these boxed sets!
Spy School vs SPYDER
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Spy School The Next Stage
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