Now with a brilliant new cover look, Robert Westall's gripping first novel for children set during World War Two is celebrating its fortieth anniversary. One of the best war books ever written for children. Completely unputdownable, scary and with incredibly well portrayed characters, itt captures the life during World War II brilliantly. The Machine Gunners won the Carnegie Medal in 1975.
'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...
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'Some bright kid's got a gun and 2000 rounds of live ammo. And that gun's no pea-shooter.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Machine Gunners and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Machine Gunners features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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The Machine Gunners was written by Robert Westall and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The Machine Gunners has 206 pages
