Evacuated to wartime Wales, Carrie and her brother face a strict billet, kind new friends, and a choice that haunts her for years.
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Evacuated to wartime Wales, Carrie and her brother face a strict billet, kind new friends, and a choice that haunts her for years.
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'I did a dreadful thing, the worst thing of my life, when I was twelve and a half years old, and nothing can change it'
It is wartime and Carrie and her little brother Nick have been evacuated from their London home to the Welsh hills. In an unfamiliar place, among strangers, the children feel alone and find little comfort with the family they are billeted with: Mr Evans, a bullying shopkeeper and Auntie Lou, his kind but timid sister.
When Carrie and Nick visit Albert, another evacuee, th...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Wartime backdrop and mild peril; a destructive fire without graphic detail
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present
Religious content
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Mild chapel-going and strict moral attitudes in the billet household
Magic & witchcraft
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Witch rumors and a cursed skull as local folklore, not active magic
Occult / demonology
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Folk curse linked to an ancient skull; superstition about a witch
Political content
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WWII home-front evacuation; class tension and social conditions in Wales
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content present
Abuse & suffering
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Bullying guardian; emotional cruelty toward children and a timid sister
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