Reading
Six Minutes
Kids follow Holiday, an 11-year-old with no memory and unusual abilities, through a long-running audio adventure.
Six Minutes is a family audio drama from GZM Shows, who also made Mars Patel. It opens with Holiday, an eleven-year-old girl, being pulled from icy Alaskan waters with no memory of who she is. As she settles into a new life, unusual abilities surface, and she slowly learns she is not the only one like her. Five seasons and hundreds of short episodes make up the run, so a single installment seems to slot into a car ride or the end of the day. A big cast, rich sound design and frequent cliffhangers look designed to keep kids asking for one more. GZM’s page mentions teachers using it with reluctant readers, since the serialized format echoes the rhythm of a chapter book. Kids who prefer quick, self-contained stories may take a few episodes to get hooked, but the long arc rewards patience.
- Ages
- Middle-grade listeners and the whole family
- Works on
- Web browser; iPhone and iPad app; Android app
- Topics
- Reading, Creative play
- Languages
- English
- Listed
- 2026-10-18
What kids do
- Listen to a short episode of the ongoing story
- Guess what happens after a cliffhanger
- Follow Holiday across five seasons
- Retell the story so far
Who it suits
Middle-grade listeners and the whole family.
Notes for parents
Episodes are brief, so it can work like a chapter book read aloud a little each day. Pre-readers and readers alike can follow the plot through listening alone.
What you need
- A podcast app or web browser
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