Spy School Secret Service

Spy School Series

Author: Stuart Gibbs

Book 5 in the Spy School series

Pages: 352

Published: 2017

Age: 9+

Ben goes undercover in the White House to take on a SPYDER operative determined to assassinate the president.

Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has had a lot of field success despite only just beginning his second year at Spy School, something even graduates rarely experience. But he’d 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.

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.

About the Spy School Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Spy School(2012)
  2. 2.Spy Camp(2013)
  3. 3.Evil Spy School(2015)
  4. 4.Spy Ski School(2016)
  5. 5.Spy School Secret Service(2017)
  6. 6.Spy School Goes South(2018)
  7. 7.Spy School British Invasion(2019)
  8. 8.Spy School Revolution(2020)
  9. 9.Spy School at Sea(2021)
  10. 10.Spy School Project X(2022)
  11. 11.Spy School Goes North(2023)
  12. 12.Spy School Goes Wild(2024)
  13. 13.Blackout(2025)

Reading age: 8+ years

This series should be read in order.

Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? Ben Ripley sure hopes so—and his life may depend on it!

Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: CIA or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn’t exactly scream “secret agent.” In fact, Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. Because of his innate nerdiness, Ben is not surprised when he is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science—but he’s entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior CIA academy. Could the CIA really want him?

“Combines Alex Rider’s espionage skills with a huge dose of the sarcasm of Artemis Fowl.” —School Library Journal