A hilarious new series for younger readers followsthe misadventures of an ordinary boy at an extraordinary school for young spies All of the pupils at the exclusive Thunder Raker Manor academy are there because their parents or guardians are agents and spies—that is, all except one! Jake's dad is head of the Secret Service. Alice's dad is a double agent. Harry's dad has infiltrated SPUD—the Secret Partners for Undertaking Destruction. And Alfie's dad . . .is a postman. So when the Head Teacher receives a letter from the Prime Minister saying that Alfie has been given a special place and will start immediately, he isn't to know that Alfie's dad wrote it and slipped it in with the "special" post! Now Alfie has to get to grips with Thunder Raker's unusual curriculum and some even stranger new friends. He hasclasses in camouflage (if anyone can ever find Mr. Trick) and Assassination (only kids keep going missing from Miss Fortune's class). And he's now in permanent danger from SPUD agents. But to his surprise, Alfie finds that he might just be quite good at this spying game!