by Robert Westall · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140313536
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«Fathom Five» is the young adult novel by Robert Westall, published by Puffin in paperback (249 pages, in English).
In the spring of 1943, in the English port of Garmouth, German submarines are sinking Allied ships and it is suspected that someone is passing information to the enemy. A teenager finds a possible radio transmitter on the beach and, with his friends, tries to uncover the spy.
Sequel to «The Machine Gunners», originally published in 1979. The present Puffin edition is from 1982.
For young readers fond of historical and suspense fiction set during 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.
