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The Machine Gunners

The Machine Gunners

by RobertWestall (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $3.50

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    Paperback 1977

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    Hardcover 1996

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    Hardcover 1996

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Synopsis

'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".

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 04 May 2001
ISBN 10: 0330397850
ISBN 13: 9780330397858
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Media Reviews
Seat-of-the-pants suspense. Westall's writing is smashing throughout. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The pace is unrelenting. -- Booklist (starred review)
Author Bio
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.