Spy Ski School (Spy School)

Great book, couldn't stop reading!

Great read for 11 year old

He loved it.

As anyone who has discovered the wonderful books of Stuart Gibbs know, when you pick up one of his books, you are in for a great story, fun characters, and a few laughs. It’s why I can’t wait to read each book of his that comes out. He’s returned to the field of espionage with Spy Ski School, the fourth tale about Ben Ripley, and it’s another great read. Ben has been activated for his first official CIA mission, and he’s thrilled. His mission is to learn how to ski. Okay, so it’s a bit more complicated than that. Chinese businessman Leo Shang has been on the CIA’s radar for years, but they have never pegged anything on him. He’s going to be in Colorado so his daughter Jessica can learn to ski. Ben’s mission is to befriend Jessica, gain her trust, and use that to learn what her father is up to. Yes, there will be danger, but Ben is enthused by the assignment. He’s never been skiing, and he’s never been to Colorado. His friends from spy school are also going on the mission. It sounds wonderful. However, when he arrives, he realizes that Jessica is always surrounded by hulking body guards. Can he get close to her? Will he learn what Leo’s plans are in time to stop them? Now, I should probably point out that Stuart’s books are aimed at middle schoolers. Ben himself is a teenager attending the top secret CIA school for future spies. So if you have a kid you are hoping to get hooked on a great read, be sure to pick these books up for them. However, don’t you dare overlook them for yourself. See, these books start out with a great story. Oh, we may know that Leo has some evil plan and Ben will wind up stopping it, but the hows and the whys are enough to pull you in right away and keep you turning pages. I couldn’t read the book fast enough to learn what was going on. Furthermore, we meet some fantastic complications along the way that make things even harder for Ben and his fellow spies. Naturally, we have some very suspenseful action scenes before we reach the nail biting climax. This is far from a boring read, but this is a spy novel, after all. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Meanwhile, there are the characters. Fans of the series will be glad to know that the regulars are all here and some of them get more page time than normal, which is a good thing. We also get some surprising character development before things are over. I know I can count on Stuart Gibbs’s books to give me some laughs along the way, but this had to be the funniest yet. The laughs came perfectly from the characters and the situations they were in. I was laughing all the way through the book, but one line in particular caught me so off guard that I couldn’t stop myself from laughing long and loud. So no matter what your age, if you are looking for a book that in completely entertaining, drop everything and pick up Spy Ski School. You’ll be happily turning pages and then looking for more books by Stuart Gibbs to enjoy.

I bought it to read with my grandson

Approximately 2 weeks ago i received this book and I waited over a month for this! I would consider this as acceptable quality and not very good. The spine was broken and the front cover was folded.It's okay quality but not good enough for me to wait a month. However I am not demanding refund.I would be satisfied if this book came in 1-2 weeks. However, the book was interesting and overall was decent quality and slow delivery.

Great book!

How can I start? I have to note that in all of the Spy School books so far, the plot can be divided in three main themes: the action, the humor and the relationships. I'll start from the action. This time the movement of the story was simply EPIC. The beginning seemed a little too "normal", and the return of the Pirncipal (intentional mistake) was kind of annoying but funny. However, there's a different feel to this book respect to the others; far from SPYDER, an actual sanctioned operation, Mike's return. All three of the themes have "elevated" in this fourth book. For once, the mission is a real mission, which gives it a sort of "professional feel" to it: no more escaping SPYDER, no more weird job offerings or such. The action starts right away, with investigation, infiltrations and very funny undercover conversations. *SPOILER* And when I mean the action elevated, it elevated: nuclear bombs, helicopters and machine guns. A lot more action scenes compared to the other books, I think- and with the combination of snow, skis and menacing bodyguards makes it an exciting and enjoyable read. The "villains's big scheme" is well thought of too; one of the hardest things of writing a spy book, to me, is to create a believable scheme. Not something too silly nor ridiculous (like world domination), but a plan acceptable and carefully crafted. Now let's move on to the humor. Not a single one of Stuart Gibbs's books lacks humour; in the worst situations or in a tense moment, there are always funny side remarks or comments (when Warren clocked his head and was like "I want a pony") Most of the humour, this time, was directed toward Erica- *SPOILER* from her personality flipping like a coin whenever she went undercover, or actual her mistakes, or even when Zoe tried to spark a conversation about "girl talk" and Erica was like what the heck are you talking about?? It's kind of too bad though, as Erica's one of my favorite characters and seeing her act as the craziest teenager ever (even if just a cover) was both hilarious and unsettling. Then, finally, the relationships. I was betting a million dollars that Ben would get yet another crush on the enemy agent. And it did, as everyone predicted. Jessica is an interesting character- as always, not much of a description except that she has hair and is comparable to Erica, but that's even more vague because there wasn't much description of Erica either. She seems very...real. Not that the others seem fake; she's a well crafted character who will probably appear in the future. It's revealed that Zoe absolutely dislikes Warren, poor him, but I take that back because he was being a jerk the whole time. As for Mike, his presence definitely turned the tables; the part where he was calculating which girl was better was pretty funny. He's a smart kid, probably worthy of joining the Spy Academy, which will be interesting to see how Ben will react to that. And of course, I can't skip the big Stuart-Gibbs-trademark cliffhanging ending and the jump of Ben&Erica's relationship, can I? I had accidentally read a comment and spoiled the discovery, but that part was still unexpected and epic. To finish up, this was, in my opinion, the best book of the series so far. Things have really elevated, more characters have risen up in importance, more questions remain unanswered. But if anyone can continue the series and keep up the awesomeness, I'm sure Stuart Gibbs won't disappoint us.

My son loves to read this series 💙

Toute la série de Spy School est excellente et idéale pour un bon lecteur en anglais. A partir de 10 ans. Mon fils a adoré. On attend la suite avec impatience. Série Spaced Out du même auteur excellente aussi !

Realy good book it was incredible I really think you should read this book it was very very very good