Spy School Goes South

Spy School Series

Author: Stuart Gibbs

Book 6 in the Spy School series

Pages: 352

Published: 2018

Age: 9+

Ben is taken to Mexico by his nemesis in the hopes that he’ll finally be able to take down SPYDER.

Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has been caught in the snares of SPYDER more than once and knows well enough to be suspicious of anything that seems too good to be true—despite needing special tutoring in advanced survival techniques. So when Murray Hill finally breaks his silence with an offer to hand over the SPYDER elite, Ben knows that there must be something going on. But his hesitation doesn’t stop the assignment.

The mission: Follow Murray Hill to an undisclosed location with no one else but Erica Hale to identify SPYDER leadership.

However, as Ben suspected, nothing goes as planned, and what should be an easy mission quickly turns deadly. 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.

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