The Machine Gunners
Robert Westall
‘Some bright kid’s got a gun and 2000 rounds of live ammo. And that gun’s no peashooter. 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…""…not just the best book so far written for children about the Second World War, but also a metaphor for now."" – Aidan Chambers, ""Times Literary Supplement"".
Reviews
I liked this book because it’s about world war 2 and they find a German machine gun that’s why it’s called the machine gunners
Constable Mandrake Godzilla 24.08.2022
chas good yes
Principal Angora Foxtail 28.08.2020
One of the best books I’ve ever read. Full of excitement from beginning to end.
Commander Quicksand Paperclip 07.08.2020
Very good and very thrilling
Anonymous 06.07.2020
Great story about World war II. Exciting
Anonymous 06.07.2017
set in World War Two, a group of young boys are always on the lookout for shrapnel to add to their collection of souvenirs. When they find a machine gun in a crashed aircraft who knows what could happen
Anonymous 26.08.2015
Brilliant, my daddy read this me chapter a night, was 18 chapters so not so bad and the story kept me engrossed.
Anonymous 31.07.2014
increadibley realistic
Anonymous 19.07.2014
It is an all-time amazing book set in the war time and is extremely awesome . There is no book like it , i love it and highly recommend it .
Anonymous 12.07.2014
it is horrible, way too boyish!
Anonymous 25.06.2014
