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.
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Hardback Editions
April 1995 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-241-13544-3 / 978-0-241-13544-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1995 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's War: Video Pack (New Windmills) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-435-12540-0 / 978-0-435-12540-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1992 : Library Binding
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-397-31450-7 / 978-0-397-31450-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Harpercollins Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 1992 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's War / The Witch's Daughter / The Peppermint Pig Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-603-55049-5 / 978-0-603-55049-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Hamlyn young books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1992 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Availability: Amazon More details... |
March 1985 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's War (A Lythway book) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-7451-0129-1 / 978-0-7451-0129-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1977 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1976 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's war Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-8161-6355-3 / 978-0-8161-6355-7 (USA edition) Publisher: G. K. Hall Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 1975 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's War (New Windmills) Author(s): Ms Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-435-12202-9 / 978-0-435-12202-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Heinemann Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1973 : Hardback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-575-01631-0 / 978-0-575-01631-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War (Oberon Plays for Young People) Author(s): Nina Bawden, Emma Reeves ISBN: 1-84002-720-7 / 9781840027204 (UK edition) Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 1-84424-459-8 / 9781844244591 (UK edition) Publisher: Badger Publishing Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War (Puffin Books) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-14-030689-7 / 978-0-14-030689-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Puffin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War (Puffin Modern Classics) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-14-036456-0 / 978-0-14-036456-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Puffin Classics Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2003 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden, Faith Jacques ISBN: 0-14-131709-4 / 978-0-14-131709-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Puffin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1998 : Paperback
| Title: Carries War Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-06-440234-7 / 978-0-06-440234-7 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Trophy Jr Pape Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
September 1997 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War: Play (Oxford Playscripts) Author(s): Robert Staunton, Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-19-831295-4 / 978-0-19-831295-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford University Press Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1997 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-901291-47-1 / 978-0-901291-47-9 (UK edition) Publisher: National Association for the Teaching of English Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1993 : Paperback
| Title: CARRIE'S WAR Author(s): NINA BAWDEN Publisher: Puffin Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-440-40142-9 / 978-0-440-40142-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Dell Pub Co Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1986 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1983 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War (Puffin Books) Author(s): Nina Bawden Publisher: Puffin Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
1981 : Mass Market Paperback
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March 1980 : Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-14-005581-9 / 978-0-14-005581-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1975 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 1974 : Paperback
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Paperback
| Title: Carrie's War (Puffin Modern Classics) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-14-130162-7 / 978-0-14-130162-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Puffin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
March 2002 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Carrie's War (Cover to Cover) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 1-85549-141-9 / 9781855491410 (UK edition) Publisher: Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1998 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Carrie's War (Puffin Classics) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-14-086727-9 / 978-0-14-086727-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Puffin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 1989 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Carrie's War (Cover to cover story tapes) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-14-088536-6 / 978-0-14-088536-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1988 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Carrie's War (Puffin Cover to Cover Story Tape) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 0-14-088199-9 / 978-0-14-088199-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Puffin Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 1987 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Carrie's War: Complete & Unabridged (Cover to Cover) Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 1-85549-302-0 / 9781855493025 (UK edition) Publisher: Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 1987 : Audio Cassette
| Title: CTC Carries War 1 Vol Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 1-85549-041-2 / 9781855490413 (UK edition) Publisher: Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Cassette
| Title: Carrie's War: Complete & Unabridged Author(s): Nina Bawden ISBN: 1-85549-751-4 / 9781855497511 (UK edition) Publisher: Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
January 1973 : Unknown
| Title: Carrie's War Author(s): Nina Bawden Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Availability: Amazon More details... |
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