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Stuart Gibbs

Spy school project x.

This time, it’s personal.

Ben Ripley’s longtime nemesis, Murray Hill has put a price on Ben’s head and accused him of being at the center of a conspiracy on the internet. Now Ben finds himself in his greatest danger yet and is on the run from both assassins and conspiracy theorists. With only his friends to rely on, Ben must race against time, across state lines, to track down Murray before Ben’s enemies can find him.

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About the book, about the author.

Stuart Gibbs is the  New York Times  bestselling author of the Charlie Thorne series, FunJungle series, Moon Base Alpha series, Once Upon a Tim series, and Spy School series. He has written screenplays, worked on a whole bunch of animated films, developed TV shows, been a newspaper columnist, and researched capybaras (the world’s largest rodents). Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles. You can learn more about what he’s up to at StuartGibbs.com.

Why We Love It

“Readers are in for the race of their lives in Gibbs’s tenth Spy School novel. Full of enemies and high-speed chases, readers will not be able to predict what will happen next.” —Krista V., Senior Editor, on Spy School Project X

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• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (August 29, 2023)
• Length: 384 pages
• ISBN13: 9781534479500
• Grades: 3 - 7
• Ages: 8 - 12

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Spy School Project X

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In the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines—by car, train, boat, and plane—to avoid his new cyber enemies and track down Murray Hill. Ben Ripley’s longtime nemesis, Murray Hill, has put a price on Ben’s head and accused him of being at the center of a conspiracy on the internet. Now Ben finds himself in his greatest danger yet, on the run from both assassins and conspiracy theorists. Ben must find Murray before his machinations catch up to Ben—but with so much at stake, even some of Ben’s most trusted friends might not be at the top of their game, leaving Ben to be tested like never before.

Customer Reviews

Pretty good.

It’s not the best book…But still amazing just like all the other books in this series. Keep the good work up Stuart. P.S if you haven’t read these books they are a great series.

Stuart Gibbs is amazing 🤩

I love spy school project x it is so awesome and I hope you make more graphic novels and a movie one day. You inspired me to make my own spy books and I hope you appreciate this review. To all those spy school lovers keep on reading.

I LOVE SPY SCHOOL!!!!

Hi. I absolutely adore this series. I have not read Spy School Goes North yet😭 but love them so far. Every book amazes me. Also this is my first time leaving a review, so Keep up the good work. 👍

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2023 Book report about Spy School Project X

On the Run for His Life

In the novel Spy School Project X, by Stuart Gibbs, Ben Ripley races against time to avoid getting caught and eradicated by his enemies. This book is a fiction book. The main character is Ben Ripley, a teenage spy, and his friends from the CIA's top-secret Academy of Espionage. The reason I chose Spy School Project X for my book report is because of the author Stuart Gibbs, who is excellent at writing adventure stories in which I love.

Spy School Project X’s story tells an adventurous story about a teenage spy called Ben trying to escape his assassins and finding the main villain, Murray. The story takes place in Washington D.C and later in Florida, and the story is set in 2022. The story’s conflict arrived when Ben realized that he was hunted by assassins from all over the world for 20 million dollars, with his bounty placed by Murray. The story’s climax was reached when Ben, and his girlfriend Erica, chases the main villain, Murray, on high speed air boats during a thunderstorm in Florida. This event was caused by Murray stealing important documents from Ben, and then escaping from them with a high speed airboat. 

For this adventurous story, I appreciated how the author describes everything in detail to make the story feel more realistic. My favorite part of the story was when Ben and Zoe discussed their crushes on each other. It was really awkward to read, but at the same time very romantic and loving. I would highly recommend this book to other students because in Spy School Project X’s story, there are a ton of romantic moments, in which I am sure many students would enjoy reading.  

I wrote this article as I loved the book. 

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In the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines–by car, train, boat, and plane–to avoid his new cyber enemies and track down Murray Hill. Ben Ripley’s longtime nemesis, Murray Hill, has put a price on Ben’s head and accused him of being at the center of a conspiracy on the internet. Now Ben finds himself in his greatest danger yet, on the run from both assassins and conspiracy theorists. Ben must find Murray before his machinations catch up to Ben–but with so much at stake, even some of Ben’s most trusted friends might not be at the top of their game, leaving Ben to be tested like never before.

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Stuart Gibbs is the author of the FunJungle series, as well as the New York Timesbestselling Spy School and Moon Base Alpha series. He has written the screenplays for movies like See Spot Run and Repli-Kate, worked on a whole bunch of animated films, developed TV shows for Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, ABC, and Fox. Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles.

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Stuart Gibbs is the  New York Times  bestselling author of the Charlie Thorne series, FunJungle series, Moon Base Alpha series, Once Upon a Tim series, and Spy School series. He has written screenplays, worked on a whole bunch of animated films, developed TV shows, been a newspaper columnist, and researched capybaras (the world’s largest rodents). Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles. You can learn more about what he’s up to at StuartGibbs.com.

Why We Love It

“Readers are in for the race of their lives in Gibbs’s tenth Spy School novel. Full of enemies and high-speed chases, readers will not be able to predict what will happen next.” —Krista V., Senior Editor, on Spy School Project X

Product Details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (August 29, 2023)
• Length: 384 pages
• ISBN13: 9781534479500
• Grades: 3 - 7
• Ages: 8 - 12

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This book takes place all over the USA, and takes place around modern times. This book is the 10th in the “Spy School” series, that follow the adventures of a teenage boy, named Benjamin Ripley, or Ben for short. The genres of this book are adventure and mystery.

Ben is approaching the end of his second year at spy school, and hopes to just live past the exams. He, however, does not expect for parts of the campus explode, does not expect to find out there are master assassins after him, and does not expect to be running for his life, again. The man behind all this chaos is Ben’s archnemeses, Murry Hill. Murry has offered twenty million dollars to kill Ben. But that’s not it. He has also started an internet conspiracy, posing as the mysterious “X”, giving false information about Ben and his friends. Ben must get to Murry, even with some of his friends not in top shape, and have him call off the hit.

Recommendation:

This book is so FUNNY! The internet conspiracy spirals out of control, and somehow ends up with Ben being an alien shape-shifting lizard. I know, it makes no sense. The assassins are sometimes good at their job, but other times extremely bad. There are some funny parts in how they defeat the bad guys, including one with watermelons. I very highly recommend this book, but read the other ones first.

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