Below Grade Level

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Fear Street: The Wrong Number by R.L. Stine! After Chuck's fake out, Deena starts to think that maybe making these prank calls isn't a great idea, so she does what anyone would do: host a sick cookout! Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah forgo guests to take another walk down Fear Street!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Fear Street: The Wrong Number by R.L. Stine! Deena Martinson's dad works for the phone company, which means she and her friend Jade can make silly, sexy prank calls! But when Deena's half brother Chuck comes to town, things get out of hand! Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah forgo guests to take another walk down Fear Street!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike! Is this the first ever episode that's all epilogue? Maybe! It sure feels less like an epilogue and more like a TON OF STUFF THAT KEEPS HAPPENING, but hey, it's basically one big long chapter about the meaning of existence! John Walker, the closer, joins the husks of Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to put an end to this masterpiece!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike! Is this the first ever episode that's all epilogue? Maybe! It sure feels less like an epilogue and more like a TON OF STUFF THAT KEEPS HAPPENING, but hey, it's basically one big long chapter about the meaning of existence! John Walker, the closer, joins the husks of Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to put an end to this masterpiece!

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 boyfriend" thing Strap in, it somehow gets even weirder! John Walker joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this masterpiece!

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 and more on another thrilling episode! Josh Harding joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this masterpiece!

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 on that other ship? Will it be her boyfriend from 9 billion years ago?!! Annamarie Damron joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this masterpiece!

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 by the minute. You know, light reading! Alex Hayes joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this masterpiece!

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 Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this masterpiece!

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 she'll be back again. Just kidding, she'll be back in 200 years! Austin Norton from Reading Isn't For Kids joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to read this nonsense! And spoiler alert, Jon, Chris, and Bekah might just show up on a future episode of Reading Isn't...

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 to read this nonsense!

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 nonsense!

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 closer, joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to finish this adventure!

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 to continue this adventure!

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 boy! Kata Kane joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to continue this adventure!

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 imaginable in which a cop is made a fool! Nobody joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to continue this adventure!

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 is GREAT and not outdated! Is there even still a counterfeit money ring?! Jimmy Reed joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to continue this adventure!

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 down! John Nagle joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to continue this adventure!

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 money ring! Matt Bacher joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah to begin this adventure!

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 joins Jonathan, Chris, and Bekah in this nonsense!

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 in another thrilling installment!

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 joins Jonathan, Bekah, and Chris in this exciting conclusion!

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 Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton!

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 Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest Annamarie Damron!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Chain Letter by Christopher Pike! The Chain Gang continues through their list of tortuous tasks. Neil and Joan have to humiliate themselves first, but it's Tony and Allison who really have to deal with embarrassing shit. Also, drive through dairies! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest Jimmy Reed!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Chain Letter by Christopher Pike! The Chain Gang starts completing their tasks to keep the Caretaker at bay, and Tony and Allison go on a really weird date! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest Huey Hesson!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Chain Letter by Christopher Pike! It's a flashback episode, where we find out what happened to Allison and her friends that fateful summer night after they saw the Beach Boys! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest Jo Marshall!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Chain Letter by Christopher Pike! Have you seen I Know What You Did Last Summer? Great! You'll have no problem with Chain Letter. Come meet all 7 main characters and read the titular letter with us! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest Jo Marshall!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine! Carly Beth, now with the titular mask stuck to her face, must find a way to get it off before it's too late. Plus, we watch the very first episode of the 1995 Goosebumps show that adapted this book, and we talk about it! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest John Walker!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine! Carly Beth continues her Halloween night rampage, scaring everyone she can with her mask, before she makes an awful and predictable discovery about the cursed thing she bought! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest Clint McElroy!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine! After her mental break, Carly Beth goes in search of a Halloween mask so scary she can kill her friends. Also, dummy talk! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest John Nagle!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine! After getting pranked one too many times by her "friends", Carly Beth goes off in search of a Halloween mask so scary she can kill people with it! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest Mike Riley!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine! Meet Carly Beth, your average middle schooler who's absolutely terrified of everything and all of her "friends" prank her constantly because of it. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest Kata Kane!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Nancy Drew: The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keene! After discovering a bunch of poison and money in the house, Nancy and her dad go on an adventure in a helicopter to track down EVEN MORE CLUES. Do you know who did it?! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest John Walker!

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Nancy Drew: The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keene! Nancy and Ned go off in search of Bess and Dave, then they're off on an adventure to try and figure out when a piece of wood was sawed. No, really! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton!