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ONE STORY.
ONE WEEK.
ONE GLOBAL
EXPERIENCE.

WELCOME TO
THE INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIVE READING WEEK

STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE SAME ADVENTURE. THE SAME STORY. AT THE SAME TIME.

Choose How To Participate How It Works
AGES 10–15 INTERACTIVE READING AI LITERACY HUMAN SKILLS
342 SCHOOLS CONFIRMING PARTICIPATION

The 2026 International Interactive Reading Week is forming now.

THE NEXT RXP ADVENTURE PIT GRAGEN’S STRANGE WORLD
Pit Gragen interactive preview one
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October 5–9, 2026
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Schools joining the experience
A global reading week is forming.
Sample school preview as schools join the upcoming Reading Week.
Maple Ridge Academy Toronto, Canada Preparing for Reading Week
Northbridge Preparatory School Boston, USA Coordinator assigned
St. Andrew Learning Centre Dublin, Ireland Interest confirmed
Brighton International School England, UK Preparing for Reading Week
Harbour View College Sydney, Australia Coordinator assigned
Westlake Christian Academy Texas, USA Interest confirmed
Maple Ridge Academy Toronto, Canada Preparing for Reading Week
Northbridge Preparatory School Boston, USA Coordinator assigned
St. Andrew Learning Centre Dublin, Ireland Interest confirmed
Brighton International School England, UK Preparing for Reading Week
Harbour View College Sydney, Australia Coordinator assigned
Westlake Christian Academy Texas, USA Interest confirmed
THE RXP EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK

More Than A Reading Week.
Reading Reimagined For Today's Generation.

The Reading XP is an international one-week reading experience created to strengthen mental wellbeing, emotional resilience, purpose and healthier ways of thinking in children and teenagers.

Instead of reading a PDF, an eBook or another traditional educational platform, students experience each story directly on their phones through cinematic chat-style conversations with messages, images, GIFs, stickers, sound and meaningful choices that feel natural to today's generation.

Students do not feel like they are completing an assignment. They feel like they are living the story.

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Reading That Feels Native To Today's Generation

RXP meets young people through an immersive mobile format they already understand, encouraging curiosity, sustained reading, imagination and deeper engagement with every story.

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Stories Designed For Stronger Minds

Every experience is intentionally created to support emotional wellbeing, resilience, healthy decision-making, self-awareness, empathy, hope and purpose through powerful storytelling rather than lectures.

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One Experience. Thousands Of Conversations.

Schools, districts and organizations participate in one international experience that continues beyond the screen through classroom discussion, family conversations and community reflection.

THE RXP EXPERIENCE

Reading reimagined for today's generation.

RXP interactive story experience 1
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GLOBAL STUDENT VOICES

LET YOUR STUDENTS' VOICES
BE HEARD WORLDWIDE.

After your students finish the experience, they'll have the opportunity to share their thoughts, opinions and reflections with the world.

Their voices will become part of a global conversation alongside students from participating schools around the world.

READ THE STORY. SHARE YOUR VOICE. JOIN THE WORLD.
THE STUDENT REALITY SCHOOLS CANNOT IGNORE

Innovation now has to reach
the inner world of students.

Principals, counselors and school leaders are being asked to do more than offer academic programs. They are expected to create experiences that help students feel seen, engaged, motivated and prepared for a rapidly changing world.

At the same time, adolescents are navigating emotional pressure, identity questions, constant digital stimulation and uncertainty about their future. Schools need innovation that is not only impressive to present, but meaningful for the students who experience it.

RXP is designed as an educational experience, not therapy. It does not replace counselors, educators or mental health professionals. It creates a powerful space for reflection, connection, resilience and purpose.
1 IN 7 adolescents globally lives with a mental health condition. WHO · Ages 10–19
40% of U.S. high school students reported persistent sadness or hopelessness. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey · 2023
THE MEZEL STUDIOS + MEZEL EDUCATION APPROACH

We use AI as a creative production tool
to create stories that help young people move forward.

Through cinematic interactive storytelling, AI-supported visual creation and human-centered educational design, we build experiences around purpose, emotional awareness, resilience, creativity, healthy decision-making, motivation and the belief that students can shape meaningful futures.

01 Emotionally Relevant Stories Stories that speak to the questions, fears, hopes and pressures students are already carrying.
02 AI With Human Purpose Technology becomes a creative tool for imagination, learning and positive human development.
03 Motivation Beyond The Screen Students leave with ideas worth discussing, goals worth pursuing and a stronger sense of what they can become.
Sources: WHO Adolescent Mental Health · CDC 2023 YRBS
DESIGNED TO FIT YOUR READING WEEK

Reserve the dates.
Make the experience your own.

The Reading XP is built to fit naturally into the rhythm of your school week. There is no single required format: some schools experience the story together in the classroom, some invite students to explore it at home, and others use advisory, library time, a reading break or a special schoolwide moment.

By reserving the Reading Week dates in advance, your school can give students a meaningful reading experience without disrupting the annual calendar, academic priorities or existing activities.

01 In The Classroom Teachers can bring students into the story together and make space for a short discussion after key moments.
02 At Home Schools can invite students and families to experience the story beyond the classroom during the Reading Week.
03 During The School Day Use homeroom, advisory, library time, a reading break or another moment that already exists in your schedule.
04 As A Shared School Moment Choose one day or one moment during the week to bring classrooms together around the same interactive story experience.
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WHAT IS THE READING WEEK?

ONE WEEK. ONE STORY.
ONE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE.

Participating schools around the world invite their students to experience the same interactive story during their Reading Week.
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READ ANYWHERE

Students can experience the story from home, in the classroom or wherever the school chooses.

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PARTICIPATE YOUR WAY

Students can participate individually or as part of a shared school moment. Each school decides how to make the Reading Week its own.

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KEEP IT SIMPLE

There is no complicated program to implement and no required classroom schedule. The experience is designed to be easy to share.

YOUR SCHOOL. YOUR WAY.

Some schools may simply invite students to experience the story. Others may choose to read together, talk about it or create their own activities around the experience. It is entirely up to each school.

THE READING XP CREATES THE STORY. YOUR SCHOOL CREATES THE MOMENT.
Schools around the world. One shared Reading Week.
RXP CURRENT EDITION
NOW SHOWING · 2026

PIT GRAGEN’S
STRANGE WORLD

The featured interactive reading experience for this edition of The Reading XP.

THEME AI, Human Potential & Purpose
AGES 10–15
FORMAT Cinematic Interactive Reading Experience
READING WEEK October 2026
2026 Featured Reading Experience
FOR PRINCIPALS · SCHOOL LEADERS · COORDINATORS

Pit Gragen's Strange World

A cinematic interactive reading adventure about artificial intelligence, purpose and what it means to stay human.

Pit Gragen is twelve years old, curious, restless and quietly afraid of becoming ordinary. Then, one night, his phone begins showing symbols that should not exist.

Moments later, Pit is pulled into the future. There, he meets the adult versions of his closest friends and discovers a world transformed by artificial intelligence—not because machines replaced people, but because young people learned to use creativity, empathy and courage to solve real problems.

This is not a story about technology replacing humanity. It is a story about students discovering that technology becomes meaningful only when human beings use it with purpose.
READ THE TEASER → BRING PIT GRAGEN TO YOUR STUDENTS →
Ages 10–15 · AI Literacy · Reading Engagement · Character Formation · Future Readiness
THE NEXT RXP ADVENTURE PIT GRAGEN’S STRANGE WORLD
October 5–9, 2026
092 Days
14 Hours
38 Minutes
31 Seconds
PREMIERE COUNTDOWN
Pit Gragen — AI & Human Potential
WHY THIS STORY MATTERS NOW

Students are growing up in a world that is changing faster than most adults can explain.

Artificial intelligence is already shaping how students learn, create, communicate and imagine their futures. But students need more than warnings about technology or lessons about how to use it.

They need space to ask deeper questions: What kind of person am I becoming? What problem do I care enough to help solve? What can artificial intelligence help us do—and what can it never replace?

Pit Gragen gives schools a powerful and emotionally accessible way to begin that conversation. Instead of presenting AI as a technical subject, the story places it inside a human journey of identity, friendship, family, gratitude, inclusion, courage and purpose.

WHAT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE

A story they do not simply read. A world they enter.

Through mystery, time travel, humor, friendship, emotional tension and a cinematic mobile-first format, students follow Pit as he encounters a future where young people are solving real problems in health, inclusion, cities, sports, families and animal wellbeing.

The future versions of Pit's friends are not successful because they began with perfect lives, unlimited resources or all the technical answers. They succeed because they noticed something that hurt people and decided to do something about it.

AI WITH PURPOSE

Students explore artificial intelligence as a tool that can support human wellbeing, problem-solving and positive change.

CRITICAL THINKING

The story shifts the question from “What job will I have?” to “What problem can I help solve?”

READING ENGAGEMENT

Mystery, emotion, dialogue and cinematic pacing create a reading experience students want to continue.

HUMAN SKILLS

Empathy, gratitude, resilience, creativity, courage and meaningful connection become central to the learning journey.

MORE THAN FUTURE READINESS

A story about the qualities that no machine can copy.

Pit Gragen helps students recognize that information alone is not enough. Machines can process data and identify patterns, but human beings give information meaning. Human beings decide what matters. Human beings care enough to notice a problem and brave enough to try to solve it.

The story also opens meaningful conversations around family sacrifice, appreciation, friendship, jealousy, words left unsaid, autism, inclusion, emotional awareness and the courage to be imperfect.

“The future will not belong only to those who understand technology. It will belong to those who remain deeply human while using it.”
FOR SCHOOL LEADERS

One shared story. Multiple educational outcomes.

Pit Gragen gives schools a common language for discussing artificial intelligence, digital citizenship, reading, purpose and character formation in a way that feels relevant, memorable and emotionally safe for students.

Reading Engagement AI Literacy Digital Citizenship Critical Thinking Character Education Social-Emotional Learning Empathy & Inclusion Student Motivation Future Readiness
GIVE STUDENTS MORE THAN A READING ASSIGNMENT.

Give students a story that helps them imagine the future — and recognize that their humanity is their greatest advantage.

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GLOBAL READING WEEK

YOU'RE NOT READING ALONE.

During the official Reading Week, students from different schools, cities and countries experience the same story during the same event.

What they read, think and discuss becomes part of one shared international experience.

ONE STORY. ONE WEEK. ONE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE.

Why Schools Participate

Reading Engagement

Transforms reading into an immersive event students want to complete.

Future-Ready Topics

AI, ethics, leadership and digital citizenship in story form.

Global Participation

Schools join an international educational reading experience.

Why Is This So Important?

Reading must evolve for today’s generation.

Schools are facing a new educational reality. Students are surrounded by digital environments, artificial intelligence and constant media stimulation. RXP helps schools transform reading into an immersive international experience that feels relevant, memorable and future-focused.

Through storytelling, technology and reflection, students engage with important ideas while developing curiosity, critical thinking and a healthier understanding of the role of AI in human life.

Simple

Schools register free, receive a dashboard and share ready-to-use parent communication materials.

Built for the School Calendar
10–15

A key age range for identity, creativity, digital habits and learning motivation.

Student Formation
Reading

RXP turns reading into a cinematic experience students can enter and complete.

Engagement
FOUR WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

Choose Your Participation Model

RXP supports different ways of providing student access. Choose the model that best reflects who will purchase and distribute the experience.

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Individual School

Families Pay

The school participates and invites parents or families to register and purchase access individually for their children.

The school does not purchase the student licenses.
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Individual School

School Purchases

The school purchases a group of student licenses directly and distributes access to its selected participants.

Families do not pay individually.
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Multiple Schools

School Districts

A district, school board, ministry or education network purchases and distributes access across multiple schools.

Designed for centralized, multi-school implementation.
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Social Impact

Impact Organizations

NGOs, foundations, municipalities, CSR teams and other organizations activate an Impact Story for beneficiaries.

Uses the Impact Stories campaign model.
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A SIMPLE SCHOOL PROCESS

How It Works

The Reading XP is designed to be easy for schools to join, share and experience — without changing the curriculum.

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Choose How To Participate

Choose the model that works best for your school, district or organization — including Families Pay or institution-funded access.

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Register & Share

Complete your registration and receive the information and tools you need to invite students and families to participate.

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Enter The Experience

Students receive their access and enter the Interactive Story during the official Reading Week.

THE RXP PROGRAMMING CALENDAR

Three original story premieres.
Monthly Reading Week opportunities for schools.

A new original interactive story premieres every three months. But participation does not end after premiere week. Schools that cannot join a featured launch can still reserve a later monthly Reading Week and bring the current experience to their students when it fits their calendar.

OCTOBER 2026 NEW STORY PREMIERE
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Pit Gragen’s
Strange World

October 5–9, 2026

The first international Reading Week for an interactive experience about AI, human potential and purpose.

MONTHLY SCHOOL ACCESS November · December
JANUARY 2027 NEW STORY PREMIERE
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A CINEMATIC INTERACTIVE STORY

THE BRIDGE
11:45

SUICIDE PREVENTION · CONNECTION & HOPE

Sometimes the most important message is the one sent before it is too late.

COMING SOON · JANUARY 2027
THE BRIDGE 11:45 Sometimes One Moment Of Connection Can Change Everything
APRIL 2027 NEW STORY PREMIERE
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New RXP
Interactive Experience

Final week of April 2027

The third original Reading Week experience in the 2026–2027 RXP programming cycle.

MONTHLY SCHOOL ACCESS Monthly windows continue
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT PREMIERE. Choose a Reading Week that fits your calendar, join a current experience during a monthly access window, or reserve your place for the next original story premiere.
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