Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike! Oh boy where to begin? Paige…or wait, Alpha Book, maybe, does the whole classic “time is cyclical so I’ll just blow through the end of the universe and back out the other side to re-meet my stupid … Continue reading Chapter 157 | The Starlight Crystal &#12...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike! After taking Tem’s unfrozen but dead body back to the barren rock of Earth, he wakes up! But is it really Tem, or perhaps some all-knowing alien? Who knows steps to take to find creation? All this … Continue reading Chapter 156 | The Starlight Crystal | Chapters...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike! Paige has to mind meld with a clone of the alien who blew up her dad to figure out how to make the right kind of crystal to slow down enough to catch another ship. But who’s … Continue reading Chapter 155 | The Starlight Crystal | Chapters 23-30

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike! After aliens destroy basically all of humanity and her dad explodes, Paige tries to find a way to slow down their spaceship which is currently rocketing around the sun while hundreds, thousands, and millions of years pass … Continue reading Chapter 154 | The Starlight Cryst...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike! Paige gets an infection on her finger but then her spaceship is attacked by aliens! Can Paige and her dad, the captain, get out of this sticky situation? Will Paige ever see Tem again?! Huey Hesson joins … Continue reading Chapter 153 | The Starlight Crystal | Chapters...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike! Paige Christian is your typical young woman in the yeah 2196, until she meets the boy of her dreams in a frog pond. There’s just one problem: she’s leaving on a space plane and doesn’t know when … Continue reading Chapter 152 | The Starlight Crystal | Ch...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Midnight Place: Death Cycle by Simon Lake! After figuring out that the motorcycle ghost is the weird spirit of Bart, who’s still alive, Ros and the gang decide to weapon up and kill it! John Walker, the closer, joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah … Continue reading Chapter 151 | Midnight Place | Death Cycle &#...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Midnight Place: Death Cycle by Simon Lake! After the black-clad motorcycle ghost (?) kills one of her classmates, Kyle tells Ros what the whole deal about this guy probably definitely is, and it’s supernatural! Nobody joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this … Continue reading Chapter 150 | Midnight Place...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Midnight Place: Death Cycle by Simon Lake! Ros realizes all her friends have also seen the black rider. Then, the motorcycle person starts to hunt them down! Kelly Fuller joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this nonsense!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Midnight Place: Death Cycle by Simon Lake! Rosalind sees a mysterious motorcycle rider dressed in all black, then whines about her shitty boyfriend who moved away! Bob Rose joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this nonsense!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon! Frank and Joe have finally realized that the counterfeiting is happening in the goddamn old mill from the book title, and decide to do something about it! John Walker, the … Continue reading Chapter 147 | The Hardy Boys | The Secret of the Old Mill...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon! We pump the brakes on the counterfeiting story to hear all about some expensive rug that Mrs. Hardy absolutely hates! Jo Marshall and Brian Wade join Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah … Continue reading Chapter 146 | The Hardy Boys | The Secret of the Ol...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon! The counterfeiting just doesn’t end, even after the Hardy Boys catch Paul Blum in a boat A SECOND TIME. Then, we hear the tragic story of Lester, the abused precious … Continue reading Chapter 145 | The Hardy Boys | The Secret of the Old Mil...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon! Now that the book has reverted to the original printing, it’s also a lot longer, so strap in. Paul Blum makes a daring escape from jail after the best chapter … Continue reading Chapter 144 | The Hardy Boys | The Secret of the Old Mill &#124...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon! As if sent through a time vortex, the book edition suddenly jumps back in time to the original 1927 version! The girls are gone! The boys have multiplied! The language … Continue reading Chapter 143 | The Hardy Boys | The Secret of the Old Mill &#...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon! Frank and Joe spend a lot of time talking about a Belgian bike pedal and then go on a group date. Get ready, this book about to get turned upside … Continue reading Chapter 142 | The Hardy Boys | The Secret of the Old Mill | Chapters 4-6

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon! Meet Frank and Joe Hardy, named after the guys from Basement Yard. They’re boy detectives! Frank and Joe hang out with their cool friend Chet and start investigating a counterfeit … Continue reading Chapter 141 | The Hardy Boys | The Secret of...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading The Babysitters Club: Boy Crazy Stacy by Ann M. Martin! Stacy is over Scott, but she can’t shake the boy crazies just yet, as she finds a more age appropriate love interest! John Walker joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to close this installment!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Babysitters Club: Boy Crazy Stacy by Ann M. Martin! We get a classic meanwhile of Kristy dealing with a bleeding dog and a fucked up car wash. Then, Stacy and Mary-Anne head to the boardwalk and make a horrible discovery!. Angela Montgomery … Continue reading Chapter 139 | Babysitters Club | Boy Crazy Stacy...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Babysitters Club: Boy Crazy Stacy by Ann M. Martin! Mary-Anne gets a sunburn, the kids play mini golf, and a shark attacks in this NAIL-BITING EPISODE!. Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah go at this alone!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Babysitters Club: Boy Crazy Stacy by Ann M. Martin! Stacy goes full-on boy crazy when she meets Scott, the super hot lifeguard who is way, WAY too old for her. Stacy, please make better choices!. Jamie Noguchi joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah … Continue reading Chapter 137 | Babysitters Club | Boy Crazy Sta...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading The Babysitters Club: Boy Crazy Stacy by Ann M. Martin! Stacy and Mary-Anne are off to Sea City on the Jersey Shore to babysit EIGHT CHILDREN for 2 weeks, holy crap. Kelly Fuller joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah in another thrilling installment!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Chain Letter by Christopher Pike! After Neil is revealed to be the Caretaker, it’s up to Allison and Tony to save the day. But why? Why did any of this happen? And will all these children get away with literal murder? John Walker … Continue reading Chapter 135 | Chain Letter | Chapters 17-END!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Chain Letter by Christopher Pike! We get into the endgame with the Chain Gang! After Kipp’s disappearance, Branda and Joanne get their next assignments, before some crazy shit happens with Neil! Then, Allison rents Emmanuelle to watch with her gal pals! Below Grade … Continue reading Chapter 134 | Chain Letter...

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Chain Letter by Christopher Pike! Things start heating up for The Chain Gang! Allison and Fran have a fractious conversation, and then The Chain Gang meets on a playground to figure out what to do next! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan … Continue reading Chapter 133 | Chain Letter | Chapters 10-12