Below Grade Level

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Master of Murder by Christopher Pike. After deciding to commit murder in less than, I don't know, 6 hours, Marvin heads to the bridge to hatch his plan! You know, the plan that already killed the last person to try it. What could go wrong!? Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Master of Murder by Christopher Pike. Oh Marvin. Oh god, Marvin. What are you doing? You were a normal child prodigy author and now you've fully lost your entire mind. Find out how our hero becomes the villain on this episode! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest is Jimmy...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Master of Murder by Christopher Pike. Marvin investigates Harry's supposed murder by doing a bunch of teenage sleuthing! Rope burns? Oil slicks? Young hot moms and their dead son's jackets? This book has got it all! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest is Jamie Noguchi!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Master of Murder by Christopher Pike. Marvin and Shelly go on a dinner and movie date, which starts off boring, then gets real weird on a bridge, then gets downright DIRTY in a hot tub! Get ready for the worst teenage flirting you've ever heard in your life. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bek...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Master of Murder by Christopher Pike. Marvin is a mild mannered high schooler who's also a secret best selling murder mystery novelist, who has a crush on a girl who's ex boyfriend killed himself in a lake? Is it all connected?! Probably! Strap in cause every C-Pike book we read is a doozy! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine. Kris and Lindy battle for their very lives after Mr. Wood goes full on psycho dummy! This book ended way sooner than we thought, so as a bonus we dig into a choose your own adventure style Give Yourself Goosebumps, where a birthday party is crashed by the killer clown Dr. MacD...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine. After Lindy admits to being a sociopath and faking all the dummy shenanigans, Kris finds an old piece of paper in Mr. Wood's pocket with strange words on them. Maybe she reads them out loud! Nothing bad has ever happened reading weird old incantations! Below Grade Level is h...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine. Kris and Lindy continue their sibling/ventriloquist rivalry with their dummies Slappy and Mr. Wood! But Mr. Wood starts acting weird, calling Kris names, stealing clothes, and more weird behavior you usually don't see in an inanimate dummy. Is he up to something?! Below Grad...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we start reading Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine. Kris and Lindy are twins who find a discarded ventriloquist dummy in a dumpster which ignites a classic sibling rivalry! It's a tale as old as time: ventriloquism getting between sisters. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our gue...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Animorphs #2: The Visitor, by K.A. Applegate. Rachel and Jason as a cat and a flea are taken prisoner by Chapman and Visser Three. Earth movers! Bug fighters! Will the Animorphs get out of this pickle alive?! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest today is John Walker!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Animorphs #2: The Visitor, by K.A. Applegate. After a close call with Chapman and Visser Three, Rachel discovers the true reason her friend Melissa has been icing her out, and it's a tale as old as time: her parents have been replaced by aliens and she subconsciously knows they don't lover her anymore. Cool! What will happen n...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Animorphs #2: The Visitor, by K.A. Applegate. Rachel and her morphin' friends decide to infiltrate the house of their principle, Mr. Chapman, who's also the dad of her old friend Melissa, and he's also an alien controller? What's the best way to break into your ex-friend's house? Morph into her cat, of course! Below Grade Leve...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Animorphs #2: The Visitor, by K.A. Applegate. Rachel and her morphin' pals enjoy riding the thermals, stealing guns from teens, body horror, and fighting an intergalactic war! What will they get up to in this nightmare book?! Find out! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton and our guest thi...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading The Eternal Enemy by Christopher Pike! After learning her past (future?) life as a normal American girl in the apocalypse/newly made robot girl, Rela has to struggle with the eternal question: do I kill my boyfriend grandfather to save the future? This conclusion is surprisingly...small. But hey it's also fucking weird, and we h...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Eternal Enemy by Christopher Pike! Oh god, where to begin? After discovering that she's a robot, Rela or Sara or whatever her name is takes us on an incredibly long and tedious word journey with her scientist grandpa to explain why and how the fuck any of this is happening. The VCR gets explained! We tried getting several...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Eternal Enemy by Christopher Pike! Buckle the absolute FUCK up because in the immortal words of the Bad Boys, shit just got real. Rela uses her magic VCR more and tries to stop horrible things in the future from happening, but them time travel is pretty hard for beginners. A mysterious turtlenecked man enters Rela's life a...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Eternal Enemy by Christopher Pike! Rela finally figures out what the deal with the book is: her VCR can record the future. So, naturally, after watching Back to the Future II she decides to make some cheddar off her magic machine. Also some kissing happens. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we start reading The Eternal Enemy by Christopher Pike! Rela has a crush on Christopher (not Pike) and buys a VCR. She is also a 100% certified psychopath and reads like a noir detective. You know what? Words can barely describe what we go through, so just listen. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Sweet Valley High: Playing with Fire by Francine Pascal! Jessica and Bruce's tumultuous relationship comes to a crashing conclusion! Don't worry, the book might be boring but we make it fun. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and this episode's guest is John Walker.

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Sweet Valley High: Playing with Fire by Francine Pascal! Not a hell of a lot happens on this episode outside of some band drama! Honestly, at this point, I'd rather read a whole book about that band. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton.

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Sweet Valley High: Playing with Fire by Francine Pascal! After her run in with Jessica and Bruce Patman in the woods, Elizabeth struggles with how to control her insane sister. Jessica, meanwhile, stews in a hell of her own making. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton.

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Sweet Valley High: Playing with Fire by Francine Pascal! Elizabeth and Jessica are back to their old light-hearted hijinks in a wacky edition of Sweet Valley High! Just kidding, it's incredibly dark and troubling, like always. Wheee! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest on t...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Goosebumps: Let's Get Invisible by R.L. Stine! Max and his friends KEEP GETTING INVISIBLE. THAT'S ALL THESE KIDS CARE ABOUT. Lot's of kids get and stay invisible on this thrilling conclusion to the book that delivers on its title: Let's Get Invisible! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton.

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Goosebumps: Let's Get Invisible by R.L. Stine! Max and his friends continue to get invisible, as much as they can, as hard as they can. Grandparents eat soup! MIRROR WHISPERS! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton.

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we start reading Goosebumps: Let's Get Invisible by R.L. Stine! Meet Max, the vain birthday boy with the weird magic mirror in his attic that turns you invisible! Do you wonder if people get invisible in this book? Spoiler: THEY DO! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton.