About this episode

Eleanor and Alasdair discuss and read The Story of Tracy Beaker, exploring its themes and their personal connections to the book.

Eleanor and Alasdair read The Story of Tracy Beaker. Jacqueline Wilson's 1991 hit has spawned numerous sequels and TV spin-offs, but Alasdair has missed out on all of them due to being a boy and man, in that order. The protagonist and narrator, Tracy Beaker, is an irrepressible kid in a care home and “the Millennial Holden Caulfield” (according to Eleanor). Will Eleanor's childhood nostalgia survive re-reading the book? Will Alasdair “get narked” at the weirdly 1970s dialogue? And WHEN will we start a spin-off podcast called Bed-wet Buddies? Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/readthat_podcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Eleanor Morton, Alasdair Beckett-King

Topics covered

• children's literature
• nostalgia
• book discussion
• care home
• TV adaptations

Keywords

• Tracy Beaker
• Jacqueline Wilson
• children's books
• nostalgia
• book podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Story of Tracy Beaker

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