Spy School Goes North

Spy School Series

Author: Stuart Gibbs

Book 11 in the Spy School series

Pages: 304

Published: 2023

Age: 10+

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.

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