by Robert Westall · Pan MacMillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330397858
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«The Machine Gunners» is Robert Westall's young adult adventure novel, published by Pan MacMillan in paperback (224 pages, in English).
In Second World War England, Chas McGill collects war souvenirs and is determined to outdo his rival Boddser Brown. When he discovers a crashed German bomber in the woods, with its machine gun still in place, he sees a chance to beat him and help the war effort, but the adventure ends up having unpredictable consequences.
First instalment of the Chas McGill series. The novel won the Carnegie Medal in 1975 and was originally published that same year.
For young readers, especially fans of adventure stories and the Second World War.
Robert Atkinson Westall was an English author and teacher known for fiction aimed at children and young people. Some of the latter cover complex, dark, and adult themes. He has been called "the dean of British war novelists". His first book, The Machine Gunners, won the 1975 Carnegie Medal for the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. It was named among the top ten Medal-winners at the 70th anniversary celebration in 2007. Westall also won a second Carnegie, a Smarties Prize, and the once-in-a-lifetime Guardian Prize.
