Gifted (audio story)

 was the first audio story in the anthology . It featured Sophie Hopkins as April MacLean and Fady Elsayed as Ram Singh.

Publisher's summary
When a talent scout arrives in Shoreditch, Ram sees an opportunity to further his goals, whilst April strikes up a friendship with new boy, Thomas Laneford. Their choices draw all three to Carterhaugh House – but who is the mysterious Mab that waits for them there...?

Plot
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Cast

 * Ram - Fady Elsayed
 * April - Sophie Hopkins
 * Tom - Rhys Isaac-Jones
 * Mab - Deirdre Mullins

Crew

 * Based on characters created by Patrick Ness
 * Senior Producer - David Richardson
 * Cover Art - Stuart Manning
 * Producer & Director - Scott Handcock
 * Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
 * Music - Blair Mowat
 * Script Editors - Scott Handcock and James Goss
 * Sound Design - Luke Pietnik
 * Writer - Roy Gill

Worldbuilding

 * Charlie was not interested in joining April’s English study group.
 * Thomas Laneford gives April the book Child Ballads by Francis James Child. Ballad 39 in the book is called Tam Lin.
 * Thomas recites parts of The Faerie Queene by Spencer.
 * April thinks that Thomas takes literature with Mr Carlisle.
 * Ram memorises the names J. Peak, T. Laneford and D. James from the Coal Hill School Roll of Honours Board.
 * April's mother collects knitting patterns.
 * Liam and Rhys are two other strong football players on Ram and Thomas's team.
 * Ram is called to see the Head but leaves before she calls him.
 * Ram is against asking for Miss Quill's help.
 * Plover birds accompany crocodiles and clean their teeth.
 * Mab tries to get inside April's head by reminding her about her father.
 * Ram recalls a saying of his gran.
 * Ram says his prosthetic leg doesn't react fast enough and this it give him 'the grace of a drunk hyena.

Continuity

 * Mab mentions Ram's prosthetic leg given to him by the Twelfth Doctor. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * Mab knows that April shares a heart with Corakinus. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * Ram mentions meeting Shadow Kin, (TV: For Tonight We Might Die) dragons (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo) and grief monsters. (TV: Nightvisiting)
 * April plays the fiddle, preferring folk (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo) and roots. She even composes music herself.