Customer Reviews
Interesting - By: Shea, 30 Jun 2008 
My Daughter is Home Schooled due to illness, her Tutor read this to her as part of her English lessons. The first chapter was captivating & got her hooked on the story, each week they would read a chapter & even I became interested.
The Story is about a teenage girl who is evacuated to Wales with her brother to live with a Shop owner & his sister.
Its an interesting read although not one I would have chosen for myself but as the book progressed I became more & more interested, I enjoyed listening to the tutor reading it aloud, it came alive (even Mums like stories read to them) even though I was in another room pretending to work!
To end the story we watched the DVD of the BBC TV production.
I intend to buy both the book & DVD for my Daughter, she didn't want the story to end.
I know I have not said much of the story itself but there a plenty of reviews doing that.
This is well worth getting to read to any child I highly recommend it.
Happy reading!
Evokes Great memories - By: Mrs. K. A. Wheatley, 14 Jun 2008 
I remember reading this as a child & being fairly frightened by the subject matter. It has quite a 'ghostly' feel to it & Bawden has a real knack for cranking up the suspense. I read it again recently whilst trying to gauge whether it would be suitable for my nine year old & was quite disappointed to find that it wasn't as tense as I remembered.
Having said that it is a compelling story told in the form of flashbacks. Carrie & her friends move to Wales as evacuees & become entangled in the complicated lives of the local people they live with. In trying to deal with issues beyond her understanding, Carrie makes mistakes that continue to haunt her into her adult life. The book is well balanced between the immediacy of Carrie's feelings at the time & what she understands in retrospect, which is why the flashbacks work so well.
Thoughtful & powerful. Recommended for tens & up.
Carrie's War - Brilliant! - By: Mrs. D. J. Thomas, 20 Aug 2005 
I remember seeing this on the tv in school when i was a child of about 12 years old & i was amazed at the fantastic story line & never forgot this story & it is now more than 20 years since i seen it & seeing this book again brought alll the wonderful story lines back about what it must have been like to have been evacuated & put into a place where there was lots of adventure for these children in Carrie's War. I had to buy this book to read again & then to keep it for my son whose not quite 3 yet for him to read when he's old enough to grasp the intreging story line & for me also to read it to him. :-)
A wonderful war-time drama... - By: , 04 Oct 2004 When first picking up this book, one often wonders whether it'll be alike some other books set in the time of war- bouncing bombs & explosions, ration books & evacuees- but it definately stands out in the crowd.
In it, we follow the intrepid Carrie & her brother Nick, evacuated to Wales until the war subsides as they are from London. As we turn these exciting pages, we meet many a wonderful character. The exciting Hepzibah Green & Mr Jonny, Albert, Mr Evans & Auntie Lou alll make this piece of script a beautiful read of twists & turns that never end. It's well worth a look- better than most.
Age 12
Eerie but exciting - By: , 01 Mar 2004 This book was set in World War 2.A few eerie things happen like, Mr Evans fake teeth that click when he talks. The bottomless pond & lastly 'the screaming scull'.This book made me want to read on & on.I could not put this book down!This book was fantastic yet eerie!
Age 10
