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September, 1939: At the breakout of the Second World War, ten-year-old Shirley is sent away on a train. She doesn t know where she s going, or what s going to happen to her when she gets there. All she has been told is that she s going on a little holiday .

She soon finds herself lodged deep in the countryside, with two boys from the East End of London, Kevin and Archie. But here, living in the strange, half-empty Red House with the mysterious and reclusive Mrs Waverley, the children s lives will be changed for ever.

Award-winning, bestselling and beloved author Jacqueline Wilson pens an unforgettable story about the confusion and loneliness of a World War II evacuee, with a moving and hopeful friendship at its centre.

A heart-warming story packed with Second World War detail – Daily Express
Carrie s War for a new generation of children – Belfast Telagraph