by Robert Westall · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140309737
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«The Machine-Gunners» is the children's novel by Robert Westall, published by Puffin in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Chas McGill lives in the bombed England of the Second World War and collects war souvenirs. When he finds a German machine gun in a downed bomber, he hides it with his friends in a secret shelter. Guarding the weapon confronts them with responsibility and dangers they had not imagined, showing the harshness of war through their eyes.
First installment of the Chas McGill series. Winner of the Carnegie Medal.
For child and young adult readers aged 7 and up, especially those interested in the Second World War and historical fiction.
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.
