Carrie half believed this story, even though Albert discredits it. Before he died, he cursed the house, saying that if his skull is ever removed from the house, some disaster would occur. That night, Hepzibah tells them a story about a slave boy who was brought there and died within a year.
Arriving at Druid’s Bottom, they discover that Albert Sandwich, a boy they met on the train to Wales, is living there, along with the seemingly magical housekeeper Hepzibah Green and Johnny Gotobed who has cerebral palsy. Some months after arriving at the Evans home, Carrie and Nick are sent to fetch a Christmas goose at Druid’s Bottom, home of Mr. Evans, and his weak, oppressed younger sister, whom they are told to call Auntie Lou, eventually adjusting to life in this strained household. In Wales, they end up living with a bullying, miserly shopkeeper, Mr.
At the start of the war, Carrie, then 11 and her younger brother Nick, 9, were put on a train along with so many other school children, to escape the anticipated bombing of London by the Germans. While visiting the small Welsh mining town where she was billeted during World War II, Carrie Willow, a 42 year old widow with four children, tells them the story of her evacuation. Carrie’s War is a coming of age story with a twist.
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