Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} A Time of Fire by Creator / Robert Westall. Best-known for his Children's and Young Adult fiction, Robert Atkinson Westall (7 October 1929 – 15 April 1993) was born in and grew up on Tyneside during the Second World War. He held a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from and a post-graduate degree in Sculpture from the Slade School of Art in London. After spending two years in the he went on to teach Art and write for various publications, including being an art critic for newspaper. Westall's best known work was the Children's novel , published in 1975 and winner of the Carnegie Medal that year. He went on to win the Medal once more in 1982 for The Scarecrows. Most of his novels drew on his personal experiences as a child on The Home Front; The Machine Gunners was about a group of young children scavenging parts from downed aircraft who found an intact and functional machine gun from a crashed bomber and developed from him telling his son Christopher stories about the things he had done as a child. The Gunners went on to be adapted for the television by The BBC in 1983 and again for Radio in 2002. Despite the target audience of children and young adults, Westall's fiction was frequently dark and borrowed themes, ideas and stories from the Horror genre and were rarely afraid of killing characters or showing off terrifying situations. The Stones Of Muncaster Cathedral won the Dracula Society's Children of the Night award in 1991. Many of his novels featured some form of Time Travel; Urn Burial and Futuretrack 5 were out- and-out Science Fiction. Robert Westall died on the 15th April 1993 aged 63. Several manuscripts have been published posthumously and two anthologies of his short fiction were released in 1996. Robert Westall. Best-known for his Children's and Young Adult fiction, Robert Atkinson Westall was born in 1929 in North Shields and grew up on Tyneside during the Second World War. He held a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from Durham University and a post-graduate degree in Sculpture from the Slade School of Art in London. After spending two years in the British Army he went on to teach Art and write for various publications, including being an art critic for the Guardian newspaper. Westall's best known work was the Children's novel The Machine Gunners, published in 1975 and winner of the Carnegie Medal that year. He went on to win the Medal once more in 1982 for The Scarecrows. Most of his novels drew on his personal experiences as a child during ; The Machine Gunners was about a group of young children scavenging parts from downed aircraft who found an intact and functional machine gun from a crashed Heinkel He 111 bomber and developed from him telling his son Christopher stories about the things he had done as a child. The Gunners went on to be adapted for the television by The BBC in 1983 and again for Radio in 2002. Despite the target audience of children and young adults, Westall's fiction was frequently dark and borrowed themes, ideas and stories from the Horror genre and were rarely afraid of killing characters or showing off terrifying situations. The Stones Of Muncaster Cathedral won the Dracula Society's Children of the Night award in 1991. Many of his novels featured some form of Time Travel; Urn Burial and Futuretrack 5 were out- and-out Science Fiction. Robert Westall died on the 15th April 1993 aged 63. Several manuscripts have been published posthumously and two anthologies of his short fiction were released in 1996. STARS. In England during World War II, with his mother dead from a German bomb and his father off in training and action but keeping him informed by letter, Sonny tries to understand the darkest truths of war and retribution. Grade Level. Lexile Measure. Diversity Topics. Family Relationships; Family member death; Legal guardianship; Military families; death of a mother; grandparents raising grandchild; father in the military. Main Character. Race/Ethnicities. African American / White. Family Formation. father; grandmother, and grandfather. Keywords. military campaigns; revenge; World War II; ; dog; planes; guilt. Time of Fire. Uncorrected Proof- For Limited Distribution Before Publication. 176 pp. Sonny is eventually faced with a difficult dilemma. When faced with having to choose life or death, will he let revenge control his decision or rise above it? For that reason, and despite being a World War II novel, Time of Fire might still resonates for today's readers. Revenge seems to have become such a prevalent way of dealing with the small personal injuries in life today, that watching Sonny's struggle between doing the right thing or getting his revenge for his Mam's death. Reviews. Review this book and you'll be entered for a chance to win $50! ( Log-in or create an account first!) Details Terms of Sale Store Description. Details. Terms of Sale. Pontaccio. Pontaccio takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and quick shipping. A considerable amount of time and care is taken to produce the clearest, most detailed photographs and descriptions of our books so that the book-buying process is as rewarding and pleasurable as it should be. Please Note: All shipping costs are based on an average sized book. 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Westall also won a second Carnegie (no one has won three), a Smarties Prize, and the once-in-a-lifetime Guardian Prize.