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The Machine Gunners Book

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.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    Award-winning novelist Robert Westall has created a vivid array of characters in The Machine Gunners and this book is acclaimed as one of the best books written for children about the Second World War. 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. Boy and girl readers aged 9 will love this. Fans of The Machine Gunners may also enjoy the War Stories of Conflict collection of short stories edited by Michael Morpurgo.

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    '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".

  • Blackwell

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

  • RedHouse

    Robert Westall won the Carnegie Medal for his Second World War novel, The Machine Gunners, which follows the thrilling adventures of a group of children living in the north of England in an area regularly bombed by the Germans.

  • BookDepository

    The Machine Gunners : Paperback : Pan Macmillan : 9780330397858 : 0330397850 : 04 May 2001 : Robert Westall's very special and gripping first novel for children, winner of the Carnegie Medal.

  • 0330397850
  • 9780330397858
  • Robert Westall
  • 4 May 2001
  • Macmillan Children's Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
  • 2
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