<p><b>September, 1939</b>: 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''.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>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.</b><br><i><br>''A heart-warming story packed with Second World War detail'' - Daily Express</i><br><i>''Carrie''s War for a new generation of children'' - Belfast Telagraph </i></p>