One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie\"s War is a modern classic. Published for the first time as a Virago Modern Classic, with a new foreword by Michael Morpurgo. One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie\"s War is a modern classic....

\"D\"ya want a peppermint pig, Mrs Greengrass?\" Poll looked at the milkman, thinking of sweets, but there was a real pig poking its snout out of the milkman\"s coat pocket. It was the tiniest pig she had ever seen. \"What\"s a peppermint pig?\" \"Runt of the litter. Too small for the sow to raise. He\"d only get trampled in in the rush....

\"Carrie\'s War\" by Nina Bawden is an unforgettable Second World War story. \'I did a dreadful thing ...or I feel that I did, and nothing can change it...\' It is the Second World War and Carrie and Nick are evacuated from London to a small town in Wales, where they are placed with strict Mr Evans and his timid mouse of a sister....

Johnnie was only the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He\'d cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives....