<p>Ross Cleaver discusses <em>Carrie&#8217;s War</em> (what is it good for?), Nina Bawdwin&#8217;s 1973 children&#8217;s book about evacuations, skulls, and grumpy Welshmen. </p>
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<p>John McCoy  with Ross Cleaver</p>

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     <h4><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks1--ks2-carries-war/zk7mcqt" class="link" target="_blank">BBC School Radio: Carrie's War</a></h4>
     <p>The BBC school radio site with teaching guides and a complete recording of the book.</p>

    
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142: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

John McCoy and a guest host read books you might have been assigned in high school, or college, or other stuff you might have read when you were a kid. The theming is loose!