Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden

It’s the Second World War and the children are getting evacuated from London. This story follows two children; Carrie and Nick Willow. They find themselves in a sleepy, ex-mining Welsh village and get taken in by Counsellor Isaac Evans and his sister. While waiting for Miss Evans they meet Albert Sandwich, a strange boy who’s only concern seems to be books. Carrie likes Albert but doesn’t see him again until they go to collect the Christmas goose from Mr Evans’ estranged sister. Carrie and Nick play all sorts of games and try to deal with the tensions of being friends with people Mr Evans doesn’t approve of. Carrie does her best, there’s a big misunderstanding but she finds out the truth and so it ends happily.