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monthly
Average audio length:
6 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United Kingdom
25 episodes
since July 4, 2024
episodic

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The future, present, and past all collide when young Archie gets trapped in a mine...in 1815! ​Scholars Hekima and Karina from Year 7 at Brook Mead Academy in Leicester chat about in Dark Flood by Karon Alderman and how the book gripped them. They and also chat about the uses of a fiddle and the u…

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An old fashioned 'Whodunnit' is up for discussion this week with Murder! By Narwhal! by Alex T Smith. ​ Scholars Ahoua and Zach in Year 7 at Brook Mead Academy in Leicester delve into the mysterious death of Sir Ignatius Gristle. They chat about lead character Edna and how she sets about solving th…
Year 7 scholars from Brook Mead Academy in Leicester chat about Relic Hamilton (Genie Hunter) by Joseph Coelho, and The Zombie Project by Alice Nuttall. Surina and Bella get into their favourite genres and what hooks them into a story. ​​​Here are the three questions for today's episode - the ans…
Year 7 scholars from Brook Mead Academy in Leicester chat about A History of My Weird by Chloë Heuch. ​ Rosabella and Shanique discuss some of themes of this book as main character Mo struggles to adapt to life in Year 7 and the challenges she faces.  Here are the three questions for today's episo…
Year 7 scholars from Brook Mead Academy in Leicester chat about The Boy With Big Decisions by Helen Rutter. ​ Adam and Mileeka discuss the story about 11 year old Fred who starts to take to control of his life. In this unique book, YOU can be the one who makes his decisions. Our hosts chat about …
Year 7 scholars from Brook Mead Academy in Leicester chat about The Line They Drew Through Us by Hiba Noor Khan. Harleen, Surina, and Afia discuss this historical fiction set in India, 1946. The moving tale of three friends all born on the same day builds to the real life event of the Partition of…
Two VERY different ways of learning in this episode - how would you like to learn about history via time travel? Or do you have what it takes to survive at the Unicorn riding academy? In this episode, Finlay chats about Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F Steadman, whilst Adam takes a trip to Tud…
Do you love animals? Maybe you have a pet, or two. But how would you cope with your parents travelling the world and sending weird and chaotic animals back for you to look after? No? Maybe that's better than moving house and finding you have zombie sheep next door... In this episode, Erin chats ab…
What if a fun game turned into something far more dangerous and real? And how would you cope being told your life is cursed and then being whisked to a magical land? In this episode, Lewis chats about the tense adventures and puzzles of Escape Room by Christopher Edge, whilst Florence reveals the …
How would you cope going to a new school in a new country with no friends, no family AND you can't speak the language? In this episode, Ronni, Lila, and Alyssia chat about The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf and how they like 'real' stories. Then Alyssia also shares The Starlight St…
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