The Machine Gunners. In Robert Westall's first published book, The Machine Gunners, won him the prestigious Library Association's Carnegie Medal, an unusual achievement for a writer's first book. It was also a Guardian Award Runner-up. It went on to become the Honor Book for the American Boston Globe Horn Book Award, and to win the German Preis der Leseratten. About 'The Machine Gunners'. Written by Robert Westall, April I wrote 'The Machine Gunners' between October and December It was written in longhand, in school exercise books. It was written solely for my son, Christopher, when he was 12, to show him how things had been for me when I . · The Machine Gunners, by Robert Westall, is an action/adventure book, which I would recommend mainly to readers of ages nine to www.doorway.ruly younger,seven maybe. Even adults. It is about a boy by the name of Chas McGill and his friends, Audrey, Carrot-juice, Nicky, Clogger and Cem.5/5(5).
Buy The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 14 editions - starting at $ Shop now. The Machine Gunners. Robert Westall. HarperCollins, - Juvenile Fiction - pages. 0 Reviews. With Nazi planes raining bombs on England night after night, every boy in Garmouth has a collection of shrapnel and other war souvenirs. But nothing comes close to the working machine gun Chas McGill pulls out of a downed bomber. The Machine Gunners, by Robert Westall, is an action/adventure book, which I would recommend mainly to readers of ages nine to www.doorway.ruly younger,seven maybe. Even adults. It is about a boy by the name of Chas McGill and his friends, Audrey, Carrot-juice, Nicky, Clogger and Cem.
Robert Westall was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England in His first published book The Machine Gunners () which won him the Carnegie Medal is set in World War Two when a group of children living on Tyneside retrieve a machine-gun from a crashed German aircraft. The Machine Gunners is a children's historical novel by Robert Westall, published by Macmillan in Set in northeastern England shortly after the Battle of Britain (February ), it features children who find a crashed German aircraft with a machine gun and ammunition; they build a fortress and capture and imprison a German gunner. The Machine Gunners Book Review (This is a review by my 10 year old son) • Synopsis: The Machine Gunners book is about a young boy called Chas and his friends that all find a German bomber crashed in the woods and there they come across a machine gun and 2, rounds of ammo. The children put in their own war effort shooting down German planes.
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