Episode Eighteen: Nancy Drew #1 – The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene

My Dog Ate My Book Report

My Dog Ate My Book Report is a podcast where two weirdo thirty-somethings take turns introducing each other to a formative book from childhood the other has never read to see if the magic has held up!

This episode we read: Nancy Drew #1 – The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene.

The transcript can be found here: My Dog Ate My Book Report Episode 18 – Nancy Drew #1 The Secret of the Old Clock

Content Warnings:

Classism, being trapped in tight spaces. Discussion of racist stereotypes.

Links to things we mentioned:

Mildred Wirt Benson Slate Interview

Carolyn Keene and the Mystery of the Real Nancy Drew Author

Who Was Carolyn Keene?

The Not-So-Hidden Racism of Nancy Drew

What we are reading next!

Wren has selected the book for next week: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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