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The Machine Gunners is a children's historical novel by Robert Westall, published by Macmillan in 1975. Set in northeastern England shortly after the Battle of Britain (February 1941), it features children who find a crashed German aircraft with a machine gun and ammunition; they build a fortress and capture and imprison a German gunner. The author also wrote a play based on the book, and others have adapted it for television and radio. A sequel, Fathom Five, set two years later, was published in 1979.

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  • Una macchina da guerra (The Machine Gunners) è un romanzo storico per ragazzi dello scrittore inglese Robert Westall. Pubblicato per la prima volta in lingua originale nel 1975, si aggiudicò il prestigioso premio letterario Carnegie Medal. (it)
  • The Machine Gunners is a children's historical novel by Robert Westall, published by Macmillan in 1975. Set in northeastern England shortly after the Battle of Britain (February 1941), it features children who find a crashed German aircraft with a machine gun and ammunition; they build a fortress and capture and imprison a German gunner. The author also wrote a play based on the book, and others have adapted it for television and radio. A sequel, Fathom Five, set two years later, was published in 1979. Westall won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject, and Machine Gunners was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works for the 70th anniversary celebration in 2007, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. (en)
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  • 0258359
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  • Thunder and Lightnings (en)
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  • The Stronghold (en)
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  • First edition (en)
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  • Children's historical novel, war story (en)
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  • Una macchina da guerra (The Machine Gunners) è un romanzo storico per ragazzi dello scrittore inglese Robert Westall. Pubblicato per la prima volta in lingua originale nel 1975, si aggiudicò il prestigioso premio letterario Carnegie Medal. (it)
  • The Machine Gunners is a children's historical novel by Robert Westall, published by Macmillan in 1975. Set in northeastern England shortly after the Battle of Britain (February 1941), it features children who find a crashed German aircraft with a machine gun and ammunition; they build a fortress and capture and imprison a German gunner. The author also wrote a play based on the book, and others have adapted it for television and radio. A sequel, Fathom Five, set two years later, was published in 1979. (en)
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