The Machine Gunners Robert Westall Lovereading - -Year 6 (age 10-11) More books from this list Book 34 of 39. View the next book in this list View the next book in this list This title is in stock Price £4.49 RRP £5.99  Saving £1.50 (%25)   Download Extract    Buy This Book

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Carnegie Medal winner in 1975.  

This is one of the best war books ever written for children.  Completely unputdownable, scary an dincredibly well portrayed characters.  It captures the life during World War II so brilliantly though not surprisingly as Westall, who dies some years ago now, was a brilliant writer and a great storyteller.  Incredibly relevant to today’s world where we appear all too quick to go to war. (12+)

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About The Author

Robert Westall was born in Northumberland and went to school in Tynemouth. He studied fine art at Durham University and after he graduated he worked as an art teacher. He loved teaching and worked in Birmingham, Yorkshire and Cheshire as a head of department.

He has had around 40 books published and they vary from ghost stories to fantasy epics. Robert Westall died in 1993.