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The Machine Gunners Study Guide

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by Robert Westall
About 12 pages (3,491 words)
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Setting

The Machine Gunners takes place in 1941 in Garmouth, a small coastal town in northern England. World War II has begun to intrude in the lives of the townspeople. The sound of guns sends them running, panic-stricken, to their bomb shelters; when the bombings cease, the people return to the streets to confront the horrors of destruction.

Fourteen-year-old Chas McGill's feelings of helplessness in the face of the German soldiers and his.....

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The Machine Gunners from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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