Carrie's war
By: Nina Bawden ; illustrated by Faith Jaques
Contributors: Jaques, Faith
Series: Puffin modern classics; Puffin modern classics
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780141333304
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Juvenile fiction; Evacuation of civilians
Description: Albert, Carrie and young Nick are war-time evacuees whose lives get so tangled up with the people they've come to live among that the war and their real families seem to belong to another world. Carrie and Nick are billeted in Wales with old Mr Evans, who is so mean and cold, and his timid mouse of a sister, Lou, who suddenly starts having secrets. Their friend Albert is luckier, living in Druid's Bottom with warm-hearted Hepzibah Green and the strange Mister Johnny, who can talk to animals but not to human beings. Carrie and Nick visit him there whenever they can for Hepzibah makes life exciting and enticing with her stories and delicious cooking. Ages 9+
Notes: Originally published London: Gollancz, 1973.