You are in middle school and your life is uprooted. You are plopped down on the other side of the world. New school, new country, new language. It’s hard enough as it is. And then the bullies arrive.

“New Home, Same Problems” was written by Mr. Pierce, adapted from a short story by Aneeqa Bano.

Our sound engineer for this episode was Joshua Hollister. Our cast included Riya Parlikar as Aisha, Kavya Jolly as Khadija, Charu Srinath as Teacher, Ahyan Zaman as Bully 1, Elena Pierce as Scarlett, Amanda, Behrens as Mom, Olivia Mou as Principal, Asvin Aravindan as David, and Daniel Pierce as David’s Dad.

Our theme song was written and performed by Joshua Hollister. Our cover art is by Sharada Kittur.