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Season 8
Want to read the books or watch the movies along with us? We would love it if you sent us your reactions to how the movie compared to the book, your favorite characters, things you are shocked that were different between the two, ANYTHING. We want to hear it all! Take a look at what is coming up this season!
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*Book/Movies selections may change but we try to stick to this schedule best we can​
*We are comparing the original cartoon
Charlotte's Web
By: E.B. White
Season 8 Episode 1
Release Date: January 5, 2026
A farm pig named Wilbur, who is saved from slaughter by a kind girl named Fern, and then befriends a wise spider named Charlotte at the Zuckerman family farm. When Wilbur faces being killed for food again, Charlotte spins messages in her web praising him, which make Wilbur famous and spare his life.
Season 8 Episode 2
Release Date: January 12, 2026
Bridge to Terabithia
By: Katherine Paterson
​The life of Jesse, an adolescent, changes when he befriends Leslie, the class outsider. The children create an imaginary world called Terabithia, which is inhabited by all manner of magical creatures. Though difficulties fill their ordinary lives, Jesse and Leslie rule as king and queen in Terabithia. Soon one of the friends must draw on the strength of their imaginary kingdom to cope with a tragedy.
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*Movie was renamed The Mighty
Freak the Mighty
By: Rodman Philbrick
Season 8 Episode 3
Release Date: January 19, 2026
The strong, unlikely friendship between a large, boy with learning disabilities boy named Max and a tiny, brilliant boy named Kevin, who has Morquio syndrome. Together, they become the formidable duo "Freak the Mighty," undertaking adventures and overcoming bullying and loss, with Kevin tutoring Max and Max giving Kevin mobility.
Ella Enchanted
By: Gail Carson Levine
Season 8 Episode 4
Release Date: January 26, 2026
As a baby, Ella receives a visit from Lucinda, a fairy, and is bestowed with a magical talent that requires her to obey anything that she is told to do. This proves to be more of a curse than a blessing, particularly once her mother dies and she is forced to live with the cruel Dame Olga and her daughters. Eventually, Ella embarks on a journey to find Lucinda and break the spell, accompanied by the handsome Prince Charmont.
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Twelve Years a Slave
By: Solomon Northup
Season 8 Episode 5
Release Date: February 2, 2026
In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner, he also finds unexpected kindness from another, as he struggles continually to survive and maintain some of his dignity. Then in the 12th year of the disheartening ordeal, a chance meeting with an abolitionist from Canada changes Solomon's life forever.
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Season 8 Episode 6
Release Date: February 9, 2026
Cyrano de Bergerac
By: Edmond Rostand
Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters.
*We are comparing the 2021 movie titled Cyrano
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Season 8 Episode 7
Release Date: February 16, 2026
P.S. I Love You
By: Cecelia Ahern
When Gerry, the husband of Holly Kennedy, dies from an illness, she loses the love of her life. Knowing how hard Holly will take his death, Gerry plans ahead. Beginning on her 30th birthday, she receives the first in a series of letters written by him, designed to ease her grief and encourage her to move forward to a new life.
Little Women
By: Louisa May Alcott
Season 8 Episode 8
Release Date: February 23, 2026
In the years after the Civil War, Jo March lives in New York and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy studies painting in Paris. Amy has a chance encounter with Theodore, a childhood crush who proposed to Jo but was ultimately rejected. Their oldest sibling, Meg, is married to a schoolteacher, while shy sister Beth develops a devastating illness that brings the family back together.
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Arthur: the Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home
By: Mikael Lindnord
Season 8 Episode 9
Release Date: March 2, 2026
A stray dog named Arthur, joins Swedish adventure racer Mikael Lindnord and his team for the final stretch of a grueling, 435-mile endurance race in the jungles of Ecuador. After Lindnord shares a piece of his food with the wounded dog, Arthur follows the team through rivers, exhaustion, and tough terrain, forming an unbreakable bond with Lindnord.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
By: Lemony Snicket
Season 8 Episode 10
Release Date: March 9, 2026
Orphaned siblings Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to live with their cruel, distant relative Count Olaf after their parents' death in a house fire. Olaf intends to steal their family's inheritance, which he tries to do by forcing Violet into a marriage during a staged play. The children need to find a way out.
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room
By: Lemony Snicket
Season 8 Episode 11
Release Date: March 16, 2026
The Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with their strange Uncle Montgomery Montgomery, a herpetologist who owns a room filled with reptiles, only to find that Count Olaf has returned, disguised as an assistant named Stephano, determined to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window
By: Lemony Snicket
Season 8 Episode 12
Release Date: March 23, 2026
The Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, move in with their phobia-ridden Aunt Josephine, whose precarious house overlooks the ominous Lake Lachrymose. The plot thickens when Aunt Josephine goes missing and the Baudelaire’s uncover a scheme by the villainous Count Olaf to steal their fortune.
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Vision Quest
By: Terry Davis
Season 8 Episode 13
Release Date: March 30, 2026
High school wrestler Louden Swain, who decides to pursue a challenging goal: to cut his weight to 147 pounds to challenge the undefeated state champion, Brian Shute. While training for this ambitious match, Swain navigates the complexities of adolescence, including his relationship with a young drifter named Carla, his friendships, and the rigorous physical and mental demands of his goal.
Season 8 Episode 14
Release Date: April 6, 2026
The 3 Body Problem
By: Cixin Liu
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In 1960s China, a secret military project sends a signal to space, which is received by an alien civilization from a system of three unstable stars. The alien civilization, known as the Trisolarans, faces impending destruction due to their chaotic environment and decides to invade Earth, arriving in about 450 years. On Earth, different groups form, with some welcoming the invasion to escape Earth's perceived corruption and others determined to fight back.
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White Bird
By: R.T Palacio
Season 8 Episode 15
Release Date: April 13, 2026
A Jewish girl named Sara Blum was hidden by her classmate Julien and his family during the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied France. The synopsis focuses on Sara's experience of hiding, the growing friendship between her and Julien, and the themes of kindness, courage, and the contrast between light and darkness.
Season 8 Episode 16
Release Date: April 20, 2026
Lord of the Flies
By: William Golding
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A group of British schoolboys stranded on a deserted island during a global war, where their initial attempts at democratic society devolve into savagery and chaos.
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Speak
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Season 8 Episode 17
Release Date: May 4, 2026
A teenager is traumatized into silence after a disastrous summer party.
Season 8 Episode 18
Release Date: May 4, 2026
The Housemaid
By: Freida McFadden
Millie, a young woman with a criminal past, takes a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Winchester family. As she navigates the opulent and increasingly sinister household, Millie uncovers the dark secrets of her employers, uncovering that the family's perfect facade hides a sinister reality of abuse, manipulation, and a dangerous power struggle.
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Thirteen Reasons Why
By: Jay Asher
Season 8 Episode 19
Release Date: May 11, 2026
Hannah Baker, commits suicide and leaves behind a box of 13 cassette tapes explaining the 13 people who played a role in her death. Clay Jensen, a classmate and crush of Hannah's, receives one of the tapes and spends the night listening to Hannah's voice, which guides him through his town as he learns the reasons for her suicide.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
By: Rebecca Wells
Season 8 Episode 20
Release Date: May 18, 2026
After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the "Ya-Yas", her mother's girlhood friends.
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Men, Women, & Children
By: Chad Kultgen
Season 8 Episode 21
Release Date: May 25, 2026
A group of high school teenagers and their parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communications, their self-images, and their love lives.
The Antisocial Network
By: Ben Mezrich
Season 8 Episode 22
Release Date: June 1, 2026
Amateur investors and internet trolls on the Reddit forum r/wallstreetbets used simplified trading platforms like Robinhood to drive up the stock of the struggling video game retailer.
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A Beautiful Mind
By: Sylvia Nasar
Season 8 Episode 23
Release Date: June 8, 2026
Based on the true story of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr, who seemed to be guaranteed a promising future when he won international acclaim as a result of his pioneering work in the field. After he is recruited to assist the military with top-secret code-breaking duties, the high-pressure job takes its toll on him, and he begins to develop a mental illness.
Fried Green Tomatoes
By: Fannie Flagg
Season 8 Episode 24
Release Date: June 15, 2026
Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.
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