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Below Grade Level

Jon, Chris, and Bekah

Welcome to Below Grade Level, where we read our favorite books from childhood and unnecessarily critique them and make them horrible. Everything from Goosebumps to Babysitter"s Club, no book is safe from Below Grade Level.

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1:40:46

Chapter 102 | Scavenger Hunt | Prologue – Chapter 1

Below Grade Level ·

2024/11/22

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike! Cal is your typical handy high schooler who works at a gas station. Is he in a ton of trouble with vampires or a murder cult? Is he responsible for his friend Joe's death by dam? Will we always read about naked girls in bodies of water in a Christopher Pike book? Find out on this thrilling episode! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest on

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1:18:14

Chapter 100 | Phantom Valley | The Evil One |...

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2024/10/18

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Phantom Valley: The Evil One by Lynn Beach! Monica spends a lot of time in the library doing research, seeing ghosts, and figuring out that her haunted doll is totally haunted. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest on this episode is Kelly Fuller!

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1:48:29

Chapter 94 | The Eyes of Kid Midas | Chapters 5-6!

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2024/08/30

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading The Eyes of Kid Midas by Neal Shusterman! Kevin Midas, armed with a brand new pair of magic and definitely not cursed sunglasses, goes totally off the deep end immediately and wishes way too much shit into existence. What could go wrong!? Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and today's guest is Jo Marshall and Brian Wade!

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1:50:13

Chapter 93 | The Eyes of Kid Midas | Chapters 1-4!

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2024/08/23

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we start reading The Eyes of Kid Midas by Neal Shusterman! Kevin Midas is your average 90s kid in glasses dealing with bullies, until he finds a magic pair of sunglasses on top of an old Native American mountain! You know, that trope! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and today's guest is Huey Hesson!

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1:57:37

Chapter 91 | Sweet Valley High | Fight Fire With Fire...

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2024/06/21

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Sweet Valley High: Fight Fire With Fire! Steven and Lila confront each other during the big game and hatch a sinister plan, but they don't get to do much once John Pheifer shows up! Also Devon gets some snacks! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and today's guest is Alex Hayes!

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1:27:15

Chapter 90 | Sweet Valley High | Fight Fire With Fire...

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2024/06/14

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Sweet Valley High: Fight Fire With Fire! Elizabeth gets herself into hot water with Todd while Jessica continues to scheme how to destroy her brother's relationship. Meanwhile, Devon Whiteclaw makes a shocking and emotional discovery!! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton.

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1:24:37

Chapter 89 | Sweet Valley High | Fight Fire With Fire...

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2024/06/07

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Sweet Valley High: Fight Fire With Fire! Steven and Lila test out their soda throwing skills, Jessica and Elizabeth switch off on which one is going to be a shitty person, and Devon finally meets his long lost Nana! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guests are Kata and Ned Kane!

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1:49:32

Chapter 88 | Sweet Valley High | Fight Fire With Fire...

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2024/05/24

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Sweet Valley High: Fight Fire With Fire! Devon slowly makes his way to Sweet Valley, Lila gets her priorities in order after getting out of jail, and Jessica is back on her bullshit! Will Steven get his internship at the DA's office back, or will HE become a criminal!? Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest is John Nagle!

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1:46:06

Chapter 87 | Sweet Valley High | Fight Fire With Fire...

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2024/05/16

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we begin reading Sweet Valley High: Fight Fire With Fire! Lila Fowler has been arrested for arson, and it's up to Steven Wakefield, everyone's hottest brother, to prove her innocence! Did Lila burn her house down? Will Steven keep his internship at the DA's office? Are Elizabeth and Jessica side characters in their own series? Who the fuck is Devon Whitelaw?! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our

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1:40:55

Chapter 86 | Master of Murder | Chapters 14-END!

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2024/03/15

Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Master of Murder by Christopher Pike. Well everything seems to turn out ok for Marvin, after he gets away from Shelly and Triad (hell yeah) with his life and his bike. What follows is a riveting finale at a school assembly and an even more riveting and explanatory epilogue that catches us all up on what actually happened in this "book". Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest is

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1:51:53

Chapter 85 | Master of Murder | Chapters 12-13

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2024/03/01

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 guest is Kelly Fuller!

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2:00:47

Chapter 84 | Master of Murder | Chapters 9-11

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2024/02/23

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 Reed!

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1:55:41

Chapter 83 | Master of Murder | Chapters 6-8

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2024/02/19

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!

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1:54:26

Chapter 82 | Master of Murder | Chapters 3-5

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2024/02/02

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 Bekah Eaton, and our guest is Bob Rose!

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2:15:31

Chapter 81 | Master of Murder | Chapters 1-2

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2024/01/26

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 Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton.

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1:39:42

Chapter 80 | Goosebumps | Night of the Living Dummy |...

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2023/12/15

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. MacDeath! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and this week's

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1:35:07

Chapter 79 | Goosebumps | Night of the Living Dummy |...

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2023/12/08

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

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1:23:10

Chapter 78 | Goosebumps | Night of the Living Dummy |...

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2023/12/01

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 Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest today is Huey

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1:59:42

Chapter 77 | Goosebumps | Night of the Living Dummy |...

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2023/11/24

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 guest today is Joanna Marshall Wade!

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1:36:26

Chapter 76 | Animorphs | The Visitor | Chapters 18-END!

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2023/10/13

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!

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