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Carrie’s War

By (author) Nina Bawden, Introduction by Eccleshare Julia

9.17

It is the Second World War and Carrie and Nick are evacuated from London to a small town in Wales, where they are placed with strict Mr Evans and his timid mouse of a sister. Their friend Albert is luckier, living in Druid’s Bottom with Hepzibah Green who tells wonderful stories, and the strange Mister Johnny, who speaks a language all of his own.

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SKU: 9780141354903

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ISBN: 9780141354903

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 13 × 1.1 × 19.8 cm

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  • From 9 to 11 years
  • Paperback / softback | 240 pages
  • 13 × 1.1 × 19.8 cm | 74
  • 03 July 2014
  • Penguin Random House Children's UK
  • United Kingdom

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About the author

Nina Bawden

8 Published Books

Nina Bawden was one of the UK's best writers for both adults and children. She often used her own childhood experiences in her books - Carrie's War is set in the mining valley in Wales where she lived as an evacuee in wartime. She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Somerville College, Oxford and finished her first novel the year after she took her degree. She won the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction for The Peppermint Pig. Nina died in 2012, aged 87.

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Eccleshare Julia

1 Published Books