Kids Book Index
Stuart Gibbs, illustrated by Anjan Sarkar
Ben Ripley is a middle-school student who wants to join the CIA, though he is awkward and accident-prone in everyday life. Recruited to a science-focused magnet school because of his nerdiness, he learns that the school is actually a cover for a junior CIA academy. This graphic-novel adaptation follows Ben as he enters that secret-agent setting and faces its chaos.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
The Little Bad Book #1Magnus Myst, illustrated by Thomas HussungThis interactive book places the reader inside its story through puzzles, riddles, and funny but eerie tales. Its narrator addresses the reader directly and invites them to help with mischief, even suggesting they be bad or evil. The book combines problem-solving activities with a plot in which the reader has an active role rather than remaining only an observer.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Ghosts Come RisingAdam PerrySet in mid-nineteenth-century America, this story takes place during the spread of Spiritualism, a movement whose followers believed the living could communicate with the dead. Twelve-year-old Liza Carroll and her younger brother stay at a frightening Spiritualist commune. There, they look for answers while trying to keep a secret hidden. Ghostly black-and-white photographs accompany the historical tale.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood ArenaJulie DaoSiblings Clip and Sadie Chu approach school life very differently. Clip is popular and athletic, hoping to become the first seventh-grade soccer captain, while Sadie is a high-achieving student determined to show she can match her boastful brother. Their common interest is laser tag. The story centers their shared pastime within an adventure shaped by competition between the siblings.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details