The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

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  • The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel is a high-quality serial mystery story for middle graders, performed by actual kids. Think Goonies, meets Spy Kids, meets Stranger Things for 8-12 year-olds. Listen along as eleven-year-old Mars Patel and his pals JP, Toothpick, and Caddie set out on an audacious adventure in search of two missing friends. The mysterious tech billionaire Oliver Pruitt might have a thing-or-two to say about their quest, because as he likes to say, To the stars! In fact, that’s just where they might be headed... For more great shows, visit GZMShows.com.
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  • S1 E1: Code Red

    S1 E1: Code Red
    Jun 21 2021
    Kids are going missing at H.G. Wells Middle School, and adults don’t seem particularly concerned. So it’s up to an intrepid band of students–Mars Patel and his pals Caddie, JP, and Toothpick–to track down their classmates Jonas and Aurora. But tech billionaire Oliver Pruitt, founder of the mysterious school, Pruitt Prep, may have a thing or two to say about their quest… and where it will lead. As he is fond of saying, To The Stars! This Peabody Award-winning serial mystery is beloved by families and classrooms all over the world. For more great shows, visit GZMshows.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • S1 E2: Consequences

    S1 E2: Consequences
    Jun 21 2021
    Mars and the gang face serious repercussions as a result of playing junior detective. But despite the costs, they can’t give up, and a critical clue plunges them deeper into a mystery and across Puget Sound. This Peabody Award-winning serial mystery is beloved by families and classrooms all over the world. For more great shows, visit GZMshows.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 mins
  • S1 E3: Gale Island

    S1 E3: Gale Island
    Jun 21 2021
    Mars, Caddie, Toothpick, and JP must endure the elements, and each other, as they hunt for a strange school campus. In the thick of it, someone important gets separated from the group. This Peabody Award-winning serial mystery is beloved by families and classrooms all over the world. For more great shows, visit GZMshows.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
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I very much like it. the story was amazing and interesting and the story line was great.

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wow!

Great podcast! Don't read at bedtime!!! (SCARY)! I recommend this book to kids who like scary stuff.

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loved it

I loved the story, it had twists and turns and the characters were amazing.

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Fantastic book!

I've been looking for a thrilling book, then my friends introduced me! In love ❤️

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Performance ten stars story also ten stars

Personally GZM shows are the only people who make amazing podcasts. This is by far the best of all of them.

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Great concept, poor execution.

Characters: The main cast had potential to be multi-dimensional, complex characters, but instead they were just whiny, hypocritical, annoying, and so dang SARCASTIC all the time for no reason.

Mars was the worst of all them; for some reason, he puts his main female friends, Caddie and Aurora, in higher regard than his six friends combined (with semi-crushes on both of them), being flighty and controlling.

Caddie came second in the ranks. First, I just have to point out that it's lazy, unimaginative, and LAME to name a character after a CARRIER because she's said to 'hold her friend group together'. 😑... Secondly, she has no real personality; one minute she's sarcastic, the next she's shy, the next she's putting her foot down—there isn't one personality type she consistently sticks with, she's all over the place! And most infuriating: She literally a telepath\empath\psychic, and her SUPERNATURAL abilities are played down as 'headaches' she gets when 'something bad is about to happen'. WHAT?! The girl is reading MINDS, and you cheesy writers dismiss it as 'headaches'?! She belongs with the X-Men!

JP was just another aggressive, brawny trans-gender kid who made his opinion clear on everything.

And Aurora ... I just don't understand her. She's a rebellious artist who enlists Mars to get into trouble with her. I don't know what Mars and Orion see in her. With the whole Martian situation, she did have the best intentions at heart, and the same when she ran for president, but she doesn't bring anything to the table other then being a needy control-freak who would abandon everyone she cared about if it meant getting what she wanted. Toothpick, Daisy, Orion, and Julia were by far my favorites.

Story-wise: I can't tell you how many plot-holes and inconsistencies there were throughout the show ... and to think none of the journey matted because Oliver Pruitt didn't have real reason for kidnapping and attempting to murder hundreds of little kids, sending his son on a wild goose chase to explain why he couldn't bring himself to care about him, other than him simply being obsessed with exploring space and possibilities to put himself in power.

This was a hot mess, I'm not gonna lie.

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