Episodes

  • Chapter 107 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 12-END!

    Chapter 107 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 12-END!
    Dec 27 2024
    Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike! The whole thing comes down to a weird semi-religious showdown in a church, and in typical Pike fashion, an epilogue that actually explains the whole book. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest John Walker!
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    2 hrs and 27 mins
  • Chapter 106 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 10-11

    Chapter 106 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 10-11
    Dec 20 2024
    Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike! Tracie's team finally meets up with Carl's team for the Scavenger Hunt Showdown in the haunted (?) mine! A major theory is confirmed, much to the chagrin of our hosts! Literally nobody could guess what this book was really about but the clues have been there the whole time. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton with special guest John Walker!
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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Chapter 105 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 7-9

    Chapter 105 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 7-9
    Dec 13 2024
    Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike! Things go from weird to super bonkers in several chapters. Are they lizard people? Dinosaurs? Eternal zombie vampires? At this point, the bad guys could literally be aliens, we don't know. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton!
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    2 hrs and 4 mins
  • Chapter 104 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 4-6

    Chapter 104 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 4-6
    Dec 6 2024
    Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike! In typical Christopher Pike fashion, this book goes heavily off the rails. Movie references abound in this sibling kissing, lizard stomping, water drenching good time. Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest on this episode is John Nagle!
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    2 hrs and 6 mins
  • Chapter 103 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 2-3

    Chapter 103 | Scavenger Hunt | Chapters 2-3
    Nov 29 2024
    Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we continue reading Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike! Tracie has a huge crush on Cal, who has a huge crush on Cessy, who probably has a huge crush on her brother Davey, who has a huge crush on himself. Also, there's a scavenger hunt in this book! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest on this episode is Bob Rose!
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Chapter 102 | Scavenger Hunt | Prologue – Chapter 1

    Chapter 102 | Scavenger Hunt | Prologue – Chapter 1
    Nov 22 2024
    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 this episode is Clint McElroy!
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Chapter 101 | Phantom Valley | The Evil One | Chapters 19-END!

    Chapter 101 | Phantom Valley | The Evil One | Chapters 19-END!
    Oct 25 2024
    Welcome back to Below Grade Level! On this episode, we finish reading Phantom Valley: The Evil One by Lynn Beach! Kim tries to help Monica deal with her ghost problem (which is actually a doll problem) but a rift forms between the 2 friends! Will Monica repair her friendship with Kim? Will she defeat the evil doll?! FIND OUT! Below Grade Level is hosted by Jonathan Eaton, Chris Zaleski, and Bekah Eaton, and our guest on this episode is John Walker!
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Chapter 100 | Phantom Valley | The Evil One | Chapters 12-18

    Chapter 100 | Phantom Valley | The Evil One | Chapters 12-18
    Oct 18 2024
    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 hr and 18 mins