Evil Spy School

## Operation Bedbug

**Rogue Agent:** Ben Ripley, age 13

**Mission:** Infiltrate SPYDER's evil spy school.

**Objectives:**

1. Find out what devious plot SPYDER has concocted.
2. Don't get caught. And, for crying out loud, don't get sidetracked by the cute evil spy girl.
3. Thwart SPYDER's dastardly plan and get back in the CIA's good graces.

**Note:** This mission is unsanctioned and unapproved. Proceed at your own risk.

## Activated Agents

* Benjamin Ripley
* Erica Hale
* Cyrus Hale
* Alexander Hale

## Synopsis

*When Ben gets kicked out of the CIA’s spy school, he enrolls with the enemy. From New York Times bestselling author, Stuart Gibbs, this companion to the Edgar Award–nominated Spy School and Spy Camp is rife with action, adventure, and espionage.*

*During a spy school game of Capture the Flag, thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley somehow accidentally shoots a live mortar into the principal’s office—and immediately gets himself expelled. Not long after going back to the boring old real world, Ben gets recruited by evil crime organization SPYDER.*

*And he accepts.*

*As a new student in SPYDER’s evil spy school, which trains kids to become bad guys with classes like Counter Counterespionage and Laying Low 101, Ben does some secret spying of his own. He’s acting as unofficial undercover agent, and it becomes quickly apparent that SPYDER is planning something very big—and very evil.*

*Ben can tell he’s a key part of the plan, but he’s not quite sure what the plan is. Can Ben figure out what SPYDER is up to—and get word to the good guys without getting caught—before it’s too late?*

## Letters

* Briefing
* Debriefing

August 30

To: █████████████████

Re: ███████████

My covert field research has confirmed the worst. SPYDER definitely has a new diabolical pot under way - and they have started █████████████████████ to staff it. Steps must be taken immediately to determine █████████████ and ███████████.

Given that the three of us are known to SPYDER and thus unable to infiltrate their organization effectively - and that the CIA has certainly been compromised by enemy agents - we are left with no choice but to activate Benjamin Ripley for Operation Bedbug.

This mission is unsactioned and unapproved. It is not to be discussed with anyone, anywhere, no matter how much you think you can trust them. This is epsecialy true for ███████████. For his own safety, even young Mr. Ripley cannot be informed of what is truly going on until we are sure that ████████████████████████████████.

If anyone has any doubts about Mr. Ripley's ability to serve in this capacity, now is the time to voice them. The consequences of his failure on this mission would be disastrous.

Unless I hear from you, the mission will commence on September 3 at 1100 hours.

God bless America,

███████████

September 30

To: CIA Director █████████████████

Re: Operation Bedbug Mission Recap

While Operation Bedbug achieved its main objective - the discovery and subsequent thwarting of SPYDER's plans - I hesitate to call it a success.

The identities of the top members of said organization remain a mystery, while ███████████ and ███████████ managed to escape. The people we did capture were mere pawns of the organization, though Nefarious Jones has been eager to share what he knows. Given his aid in deflecting the missiles, he might have some value as ███████████████.

Sadly, Mr Jones is unaware of what SPYDER's future plans might be and any further evidence concerning those was destroyed in ██████████████████████. Thus, it will require ██████████████████████ to determine what they are plotting next, although we can assume the organization suffered a severe financial loss from the failure of this endeavor.

Although Agent-to-be Ripley █████████████████████████████████, he certainly proved his mettle on this mission - and I'm not saying that simply because he saved my granddaughter's life. Given their key contributions to Operation Bedbug and ██████████████████████, I suggest that both Erica and Benjamin should be reinstated as students at the Academy of Espionage - and be given top grades in Undercover Work as well.

In addition, I would highly recommend the services of Ben Ripley for future missions and suspect he would be a very good selection for Operation ███████████.

One last item: I am somewhat concerned about this Mike Brezinski character. How much does he know? Let's discuss options.

Sincerely,

## ███████████Trivia

* ESS makes an appearance in Stephen King's movie Mr. Harrigan's Phone by Craig's bedside at 1:10:00.