The Machine Gunners

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Taking turns sawing it off, they finally free the gun and sneak it out of the wood up the leg of Cem’s Guy Fawkes effigy. The physical elements of the descriptions also bring this tale to life: the wreckage sight and the dead pilot, the scrambles over bombed out rubble, Nicky's hollow house and the bunker at the end of the garden, the beach front and Nicky's dad's abandoned boat, the secret ways they travel to shake off the scent and keep their base a secret. Westall's The Machine Gunners is an intense, powerful and brilliant piece of writing for readers young and old.

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My grandfather prompted me to read this book when I was about 11 and I thought that it was absolutely brilliant.

There is an outline of the syllabus on a typical 12-day training course, which breaks down the total time allotted to each phase: seven hours to drill; eleven to the mechanism and stripping of the gun; two to lectures; two to the care of the guns; and one to testing.

The Machine Gunners. 1: The hunt for war - BBC English KS2: The Machine Gunners. 1: The hunt for war - BBC

Light red inked underlining or markings on about half dozen pages, former owner's inked name/date on fep, else textblock is clean and tight. chas is my favorite character because he is outgoing and he has a gun collection the second best in his school. The Machine Gunners, published in 1975, was the first novel written by English childrens and Young Adult author, Robert Westall. No wonder Chas feels insecure: Ever since he was little, Dad had meant safety: large, solid, bristly-faced, smelling of tobacco. Kids Are Cruel: Even the protagonist and his group of friends are mean, initially, to Benjamin "Nicky" Nichol, the posh kid from the big house.Cold and tired, he eventually finds the fortress, wraps himself up in the blankets he finds there and falls asleep.

English KS2: The Machine Gunners - BBC Teach

For some Northern English school children during the Second World War, this worldview is deeply shaken when they make the acquaintance of a German soldier who survived after his plane crashed.

edition, large 8vo, 314pp, photo illustrations, previous owner's neat name/address ffep o/w VG Copy in VG DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.