The Machine Gunners
Overview - Robert Westall's gripping Carnegie Medal-winning novel celebrates its 40th anniversary
""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. Read more...
""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. Read more...
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Overview
Robert Westall's gripping Carnegie Medal-winning novel celebrates its 40th anniversary
""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. Robert Westall's first novel for children is presented here with a bonus short story, "The Haunting of Chas McGill," and an extended biography of the author."
""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. Robert Westall's first novel for children is presented here with a bonus short story, "The Haunting of Chas McGill," and an extended biography of the author."
Details
- ISBN-13: 9781447284161
- ISBN-10: 144728416X
- Publisher: Pan MacMillan
- Publish Date: October 2015
- Page Count: 224
- Reading Level: Ages 9-11
- Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.4 pounds
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