The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall

The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall

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Robert Westall's very special and gripping first novel for children, winner of the Carnegie Medal.

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The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall

'Some bright kid's got a gun and 2000 rounds of live ammo. And that gun's no peashooter. It'll go through a brick wall at a quarter of a mile.' Chas McGill has the second-best collection of war souvenirs in Garmouth, and he desperately wants it to be the best. When he stumbles across the remains of a German bomber crashed in the woods - its shiny, black machine-gun still intact - he grabs his chance. Soon he's masterminding his own war effort with dangerous and unexpected results..."...not just the best book so far written for children about the Second World War, but also a metaphor for now." - Aidan Chambers, "Times Literary Supplement".
More than a decade after his death, Robert Westall retains his reputation as one of the most powerful writers for children. He was awarded two Carnegie Medals (for The Machine-Gunners and The Scarecrows) and used his own childhood experiences of the Second World War in his books.
SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9780330397858
ISBN 10 0330397850
Titre The Machine Gunners
Auteur Robert Westall
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Pan Macmillan
Année de publication 2001-05-04
Nombre de pages 224
Prix Winner of The CILIP Carnegie Medal 1975 (UK)
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