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"I am slow and fat, and graceful as a potato." Twelve-year-old Hale has the brains, talent, and credentials (super-spy parents) to become a junior agent...but not the physique. When his parents disappear during a mission, he musters his real skills--and help from his exuberant little sister and a friend--to save the day. A thriller full of plot twists, humor, and heart.