Youth Advisory Council Recommendation: Spy School Goes North

Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs

“This is the 11th book in the Spy School series. In this book, Ben Ripley and his friends are training in the Alaskan wilderness. Cyrus Hale gets kidnapped by his old Russian nemesis and Ben and his friends need to develop a plan to save him. I rate this book at 9/10. It is an amazing story because of the action. For 10- to 12-year-olds.” — James C., age 11

In the eleventh book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, 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.