Spy Ski School
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Paperback · October 10, 2017
In the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley enrolls in ski school, where the slopes, and the stakes, get really steep.
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- Who it’s for
- A playful spy-school adventure pairs steep ski slopes with a mission that keeps getting complicated.
- Themes
- Espionage, Survival, Friendship
- Genres
- Thrillers & Suspense, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Winter Sports
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In the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley enrolls in ski school, where the slopes, and the stakes, get really steep. Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley is not exactly the best student spy school has ever seen—he keeps flunking Advanced Self Preservation. But outside of class, Ben is pretty great at staying alive.
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His enemies have kidnapped him, shot at him, locked him in a room with a ticking time bomb, and even tried to blow him up with missiles. And he’s survived every time. After all that unexpected success, the CIA has decided to activate Ben 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. Ben might not be able to handle a weapon (or a pair of skis), but he can make friends easy-peasy. That is, until his best friend from home drops in on the trip and jeopardizes the entire mission…
Spycraft on Slopes
A playful spy-school adventure pairs steep ski slopes with a mission that keeps getting complicated.
Come here for
- Kid-spy trouble, ski-school mishaps, and high-stakes secrets
- A nimble blend of friendship, danger, and humor
Expect
- Thirteen-year-old Ben faces a real CIA mission
- Fast-moving peril with a light touch
Where it sits
| Winter Sports | 50% |
|---|---|
| Thrillers & Suspense | 46% |
| Mysteries & Detective Stories | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Winter Sports
- Authors
- Stuart Gibbs
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- October 10, 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Espionage · Survival · Friendship
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure