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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.
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Release date
October 10, 2017 -
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Kindle Book
- ISBN: 9781481477840
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781481477840
- File size: 2874 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781481477840
- File size: 3321 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 6
- Lexile® Measure: 820
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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Reviews
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August 1, 2017
Only a few months after accidently blowing up the principal's office at the CIA Academy of Espionage, 13-year-old Benjamin Ripley is back with another explosive assignment, and the stakes couldn't be any higher. With reliable intel that the evil organization SPYDER is plotting an assassination attempt against the president of the United States, Ben is handpicked to go undercover as a friend of the president's son to stop the attack before it happens. In keeping with Spy School adventures past, nothing ever goes quite as planned, and Ben and his agent-in-training classmates find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes and hilarious secret operation to save the leader of the free world. While Gibbs largely sticks to the formula that readers have come to know and love, the setting takes on added importance in this installment, keeping the story fresh and adding depth to the otherwise lighthearted spy romp. As it's peppered with entertaining historical trivia, readers may even learn a thing or two as they follow Ben from one Washington, D.C., landmark to the next. While Ben is white and the rest of the cast lacks significant racial diversity, their individual quirks and humor will likely appeal to middle-grade readers. Strong female characters like Ben's crush, superspy-in-training Erica Hale, add a gender balance and strengthen the story. This is espionage well worth uncovering. (Thriller. 8-12)COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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January 1, 2018
Undercover in the White House, thirteen-year-old spy Ben Ripley saves the president from a bomb--but it looks like �cf2]he�cf1] was the assassin! With old allies seemingly turned against him, Ben needs to clear his own name and uncover the real villain. This fifth Spy School book has an exciting whodunit plot with the right level of complexity and lots of action.(Copyright 2018 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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