5 Terrific Books for Fans of Stuart Gibbs’ Hilarious Spy School Series

If you know a voracious middle grade reader, odds are they love Stuart Gibbs’ Spy School series. They’ve likely already forced you to the store to buy themselves a copy of the seventh book, British Invasion, out now—but what should they pick up once they’ve read it? Here are five books with the heart, humor, and stealth of Gibbs’ Spy School series.

Mac B., Kid Spy: Mac Undercover, by Mac Barnett
What do you get if you hybrid Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the Spy School series? Why, Mac Barnett’s Mac Undercover! The first book in a hilarious new series, it reveals the truth of Mac’s childhood. Did you know Mac was a kid spy? When the Crown Jewels are stolen, the Queen of England must rely on Mac to find them in time. Mac hurtles across the world in various disguises in a funny romp filled with historical detail and ridiculous hijinks.

Jada Sly, Artist & Spy, by Sherri Winston
Younger Spy School fans—or families of the series looking for a great read-aloud—will devour Sherri Winston’s Jada Sly, Artist & Spy. Jada Sly is off to find her mother. Everybody thinks she died in a car crash, but Jada knows she’s in New York City. After all, Jada’s mom is a spy—and so is Jada. Can Jada, with the help of her friends, combine her art and spy skills to get her mother back?

Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School, by Kim Baker
Not every secret mission is undertaken by spies. Some are undertaken by pranksters. That’s the story of Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School, where the League of Picklemakers uses their skills to perform the best pranks in Fountain Point Middle School’s history. Between Ben (their leader), Frank (who got the funding), Oliver (a skilled conman), and Bean (invited only because her parents own a costume shop), they can completely change the face of the school… unless they get caught.

The Last Day of Summer, by Lamar Giles
Anybody can be a spy, a sleuth, or a detective, as our heroes in Lamar Giles’s new book The Last Day of Summer would know. Cousins Otto and Sheed are best friends and amateur sleuths, unraveling mysteries and causing chaos in their small Virginia town. As the summer winds down, they can’t stop fighting over what to do—at least, until a strange man rolls into town with a camera that can stop time. Otto and Sheed are forced to put their arguments to the side and use their unusual skill set to save their town from the unruly magic before time stops forever.

Dorko the Magnificent, by Andrea Beatty
Anybody who has seen Ant-Man and the Wasp knows that magic is a con of a different kind. Robbie Darko is a magician—but his tricks don’t always go according to plan. But when Grandma Melvyn, former renowned magician, moves in, Robbie sees it as a chance to show Hobson Elementary School that he’s a true magician… if her can earn his grandmother’s help. This delightful standalone meshes the heart and humor that Stuart Gibbs fans will love.