November 1989 was serving INSPIRATION: The fall of the Berlin Wall! The Velvet Revolution! The debut of Queen Latifah! The introduction of queer icon Ursula the Sea Witch! The Baby-sitters Club's addition of literacy tutoring to their ever-expanding list of services!

Brooke and Kaykay discuss Mallory and the Mystery Diary's ode to the joys of reading and its model of educational empowerment, with digressions on Pee-wee, potatoes, and the badassery of Helen Keller.

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