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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? Actually, no. There's been a case of mistaken identity - but that doesn't stop Ben from trying to morph into a supercool undercover agent, the kind that always gets the girl. And through a series of hilarious misadventures, Ben realizes he might actually be a halfway decent spy .
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A few interesting things that Stuart Gibbs has done:Worked at a zooResearched capybaras (the world's largest rodents) Climbed Mount KilimanjaroCage dived with great white sharksFaced down a charging elephantSwum with penguins in the GalapagosIce-climbed a glacier in PatagoniaVisited the cockpit of the Space Shuttle AtlantisHelped rescue sixteen children from drowning off the coast of IsraelWritten a few movies that actually got made (See Spot Run; Repli-Kate; Showdown) Worked on a few animated movies (Anastasia; Open Season 3; Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers) He is currently at work on several more books -- and the screenplay for Spy School the movie. You can learn all about them at www.stuartgibbs.com
