Carrie's War

Written in 1973, Carrie`s War is an exciting and very moving account of the lives of children sent away from home during the Second World War, based on Nina Bawden`s own childhood experience.Carrie`s War is part of the Macmillan Collector`s Library a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.To escape the bombs falling on London, Carrie and her younger brother Nick are evacuated from their home to a small Welsh village where they are taken in by the village grocer, Mr Evans, who`s mean and unfriendly, and his timid sister, Lou. The children befriend another evacuee, Albert, who seems to have had more luck. He lives at a mysterious house called Druid`s Bottom where he`s looked after by the housekeeper, Hepzibah Green. The children are entranced by Hepzibah`s magical stories, including one about the curse of the screaming skull. And it`s this story that leads Carrie to do something she regrets for the rest of her life