The Machine Gunners
By Author / Illustrator
Robert Westall
Genre
Books set in the past
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
ISBN
9781447284161
Format
Paperback / softback
Published
07-05-2015
Synopsis
'Some bright kid's got a gun and 2000 rounds of live ammo. And that gun's no pea-shooter. 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 . . .
The Machine Gunners is Robert Westall's gripping first novel for children set during World War Two and winner of the Carnegie Medal. Now with a brilliant cover look celebrating its fortieth anniversary.
Includes a bonus short story - 'The Haunting of Chas McGill' - and an extended biography of the author.
Reviews
Tom
- Age
15
I would recommend this book because it shows world war 2 from a child's prospective mixed with an tale of mistrust between adults and children.
Suggested Reading Age 5+