Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden

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Carrie’s-War-by-Nina-Bawden-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.-Gradually-they-begin-to-feel-more-at-ease-in-their-war-time-home,-but-then,-in-trying-to-heal-the-rift-between-Mr-Evans-and-his-estranged-sister,-and-save-Druid’s-Bottom,-Carrie-does-a-terrible-thing-which-is-to-haunt-her-for-years-to-come.Carrie-revisits-Wales-as-an-adult-and-tells-the-story-to-her-own-children.