Spy School, Stuart Gibbs. Ben is a math whiz, but not a spy. Yet, he was recruited by Alexander Hale, to attend spy school as a ruse. His first night there, he gets attacked by ninjas, yet, able to defend himself with a tennis racket . . . not exactly spy equipment. He is not sure whom to trust: Chip Schacter, the bully that ridicules his lack of talents, Erica, the beautiful daughter of Alexander Hale, that attacks him while serving time in The Box, yet leads him to freedom, Alexander Hale, himself, who isn't much of a spy, or Murray Hill, the boy that rescued him from Chip. Being a first year student, he doesn't hold much credibility with the other students or professors. Learning he was a plant, he is determined to prove himself a capable and worthy spy for the CIA. His best friend, Mike, who thinks Ben is away at science school gets wrapped into the frenzy of finding the double agent that planted a bomb. When Ben finally discovers and confronts the guilty one. a bomb has been set with five minutes left before the bomb goes boom. How will Ben, along with an unconscious Erica, stop the explosion and find the dirty culprit?

Excitement, intrigue and curiosity await the reader. Readers who enjoyed Belly Up, Gibbs' first book, will be delighted with this next story.