Cold War Kids
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The Importance of Shelter in a Nuclear War
The town of Artija was near Walker Air Force Base and the White Sands Missile Range. Johnna went to Abbo Elementary in the 1960s when Cold War tensions were still really high. She didn't know at first why her school was underground. The teachers never mentioned it and her parents didn't tell her either. But you know how most kids have that one friend in elementary school that knows about sex? Well Johnna had Fidelity of Brennan and she knew about nuclear war.
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