by Robert Westall · Pan MacMillan UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781447284161
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«The Machine Gunners» is the children's novel by Robert Westall, published by Pan MacMillan UK in paperback (224 pages, in English).
During the Second World War, Chas McGill, a young man from Garmouth who collects war souvenirs, finds the wreckage of a German bomber crashed in the woods. Inside, he discovers a machine gun in perfect condition and decides to keep it. Chas ends up leading his own war, with dangerous and unexpected results.
40th anniversary edition of this novel winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal, originally published in 1975. Includes the story «The Haunting of Chas McGill» and an expanded biography of the author.
Recommended for children aged 9 to 11 interested in the Second World War and adventure stories.
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.
