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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
MISSION BRIEFING
1: HEAVY ARTILLERY
2: EXPULSION
3: CIVILIAN LIFE
4: RECRUITMENT
5: IMMERSION
6: EDUCATION
7: EXTRACTION
8: REUNION
9: TARGET PRACTICE
10: RECREATION
11: COMMUNICATION
12: OBFUSCATION
13: AQUATICS
14: RETRIEVAL
15: INFILTRATION

16: DEMOLITION
17: NAUTICAL EXERCISES
18: EVACUATION
19: SECURE LOCATION
20: BAIT
21: SIEGE
22: NEGOTIATION
23: MASS DESTRUCTION
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
ABOUT STUART GIBBS

memory of Stephen Gibbs, who brought so much joy into so
In
lives. I miss you, buddy.
many

am greatly indebted to the Filus family—Drew, Andrea, Dashiell, and Sasha
I
their exceptional reconnaissance work. And huge thanks to Yusuke
—for
acknowledgments
Kimura, who taught me the word “swawesome.”

covert field research has confirmed the worst. SPYDER definitely has a new
My
plot under way—and they have started their own “evil spy school” to staff
diabolical
Steps must be taken immediately to determine what this plot entails and how to
it.
it.. thwart
that the three of us are known to SPYDER and thus unable to infiltrate their
Given
effectively—and that the CIA has certainly been compromised by enemy
organization
are left with no choice but to activate Benjamin Ripley for Operation
agents—we
Bedbug.
mission is unsanctioned and unapproved. It is not to be discussed with anyone,
This
no matter how much you think you can trust them. This is especially true
anywhere,
anyone in the CIA. For his own safety, even young Mr. Ripley cannot be informed
for
what is truly going on until we are sure that he is properly established behind
of
anyone has any doubts about Mr. Ripley’s ability to serve in this capacity, now is the
If
to voice them. The consequences of his failure on this mission would be
time
August 30
To: Ice Queen; Silver Fox
Re: Smokescreen
enemy lines.
disastrous.
Unless I hear from you, the mission will commence on September 3 at 1100 hours.
God bless America,
Golden Bear

and Erica looked to me with genuine concern in their eyes. Warren,
Zoe
couldn’t hide his glee. “Oooh,” he taunted. “Ben, you’re in trouble!”
however,
And for once, I knew Warren was actually right.

As far as I could tell, the kid never slept. Or at least, he needed far less
out.
than I did.
sleep
I was forced to wait for the right opportunity. In the meantime, I tried
So
be the best student possible, hoping to allay any suspicions SPYDER might
to
that I was a mole. I studied hard. I trained hard. I did well in all my
have
advanced weaponry. But I at least tried my best in that class
classes—except
earned a glimmer of respect from Mr. Seabrook.
and
then, on my seventh night at evil spy school, I finally got my chance.
And

business is not an easy one,” Joshua Hallal said. “We must always
“Our
in the shadows. Our successes must always remain secret. And, of course,
work
is always the issue of law enforcement.”
there
looked right at me as he said this. Not so much accusing me of still
He
for law enforcement (I hoped) as much as indicating that I used to
working
for the other side.
work
was early afternoon, right after lunch, and Joshua was lecturing us. We
It
on the firing range at the rec center. It had started as a normal class, with
were
Seabrook teaching us the basics of weaponry (or at least in my case, trying
Mr.
teach us the basics of weaponry), but Joshua had shown up suddenly and
to
over. Mr. Seabrook obviously wasn’t happy about this, but he relented
taken
now sat in the corner behind us, grumbling to himself.
and
Nefarious, and I all stood at attention while Murray slumped beside
Ashley,
It had been three days since he’d arrived at evil spy school, and despite his
us.
TARGET PRACTICE
SPYDER Agent Training Facility
Recreation Center Firing Range
September 15
1400 hours
claims that he wasn’t a student like the rest of us, he’d been at every one of our

Erica said. “Good luck tomorrow. We’re all counting on you.”
“Okay,”
then she was gone.
And

—Joshua
And then the alarms started ringing.

was only vaguely aware of being pulled from the water, the experience
I
jumble of images: the sensation of being dragged back up from the darkness
a
emerging into the light and noise once again; the roar of helicopter blades
and
the distance; the feeling of being hauled, wet and cold, onto muddy ground;
in
yelling, “Fight, Ben! Fight!” and then leaning over me; a woman with a
Erica
gaze looming behind her; the groan of stone against stone as a passage
stoic
in a rock; a Komodo dragon in a pink tutu, doing pirouettes atop an
opened
elephant.
quite possible that I dreamt the last one, as I lost consciousness more
It’s
once. than
came to lying on a cold granite floor. A voice echoed nearby while
I
paced. Erica. She must have been on the radio with someone, because
footsteps
couldn’t hear their half of the conversation.
I
hasn’t regained consciousness yet, but he’s stable . . . . No, I’m not
“He
to try to rouse him. He needs time to recover . . . . Yes, I understand
going
at stake. What’s the situation there?”
what’s
SECURE LOCATION
Liberty Island
September 17
2300 hours

most of our weapons are now at the bottom of the harbor,”
“Plus,
added.
Alexander
need a whole platoon of agents to even make a dent in that place,”
“We’d
said morosely. “Is there any CIA agent we can trust? Anyone we can
Erica
the situation to?”
explain
that I can think of,” Cyrus muttered.
“Not
stopped on the stairs halfway through the Statue of Liberty’s neck, struck
I
a thought. “I don’t think we need to explain anything,” I said. “I know how
by
get the CIA there. We just need the right bait.”
to
what would that be?” Erica asked.
“And
“Us,” I said.

Operation Bedbug achieved its main objective—the discovery and subsequent
While
of SPYDER’s plans—I hesitate to call it a success.
thwarting
identities of the top members of said organization remain a mystery, while Joshua
The
and Murray Hill managed to escape. The people we did capture were mere
Hallal
of the organization, though Nefarious Jones has been eager to share what he
pawns
Given his aid in deflecting the missiles, he might have some value as a future
knows.
Mr. Jones is unaware of what SPYDER’s future plans might be and any further
Sadly,
concerning those was destroyed in the explosion at their headquarters.
evidence
it will require subsequent missions to determine what they are plotting next,
Thus,
we can assume the organization suffered a severe financial loss from the
although
Agent-to-be Ripley will no longer be able to work undercover at SPYDER, he
Although
proved his mettle on this mission—and I’m not saying that simply because
certainly
saved my granddaughter’s life. Given their key contributions to Operation Bedbug
he
their adept handling of an unsanctioned mission, I suggest that both Erica and
and
should be reinstated as students at the Academy of Espionage—and be
Benjamin
top grades in Undercover Work as well.
given
addition, I would highly recommend the services of Ben Ripley for future missions
In
suspect he would be a very good selection for Operation Snow Bunny.
and
last item: I am somewhat concerned about this Mike Brezinski character. How
One
does he know? Let’s discuss options.
much
September 20
To: CIA Director Oliver Spindrift
Re: Operation Bedbug Mission Recap
spy for us.
failure of this endeavor.
Sincerely,
Golden Bear

GIBBS is the author of Belly Up and The
STUART
Musketeer (both Junior Library Guild Selections)
Last
the Edgarnominated Spy School, Spy Camp, and
and
He has also written the screenplays for
Poached.
like See Spot Run and Repli-Kate; developed
movies
shows for Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, ABC, and
TV
and researched capybaras (the world’s largest
Fox;
He has never worked as a spy or thwarted
rodents).
plans of an evil secret organization bent on world
the
then, if he had, he couldn’t tell you
domination—but
because it’d be classified. Stuart lives with
anyway,
wife and children in Los Angeles. You can learn
his
& Schuster Books for Young Readers
Simon
& Schuster New York
Simon
KIDS.SimonandSchuster.com
authors.simonandschuster.com/Stuart-Gibbs
more about what he is up to at stuartgibbs.com.
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Also by Stuart Gibbs
Belly Up
Poached
Spy School
Spy Camp
Space Case