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Every kid in the secondaary school is trying to earn extra money, but whether they work in the factory, deliver papers, or what, they must give 10% of their earnings to Push, the school protection racket. Everyone knows Push is run by the Flitcrofts- Charles and Mavis - but no one can prove it. The kids band together to form Pull and refuse to pay - this might have worked but Flitcroft is about to settle a very big deal and can't let a bunch of kids ruin it. He calls in his heavies and severalkids are beaten up. Pull get wind of Flitcroft's deal - dodgy videos involving children - they infiltrate a party and manage to escape with enough evidence for Flitcroft to be arrested.

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Since Stone Cold, his excellent Carnegie Award-winning novel about homelessness, Robert Swindells has written just two other full-length works for Penguin Books--the home of his most mature and influential work. Following on from Smash!, which tackled racism, and Unbeliever, an unsettling tale of dubious urban cults, comes another gritty novel for teenagers called Dosh. As its title suggests, Dosh is about money. But it is also about something much bigger and infinitely more sinister as you might expect from this big-name author.

The tightly clenched fist holding crumpled banknotes on the cover is highly evocative and revealing about the book's contents. It says power and aggression. The knuckles are white and threatening. There is a raw, basic, illegal need in the image which accurately portrays what is to come--a fast-moving, well-told story that represents some of the best writing around today.

Money is close to every young person's heart--especially so when you have just started your first job. And when 10 percent of your earnings are spirited away, sometimes forcibly, by a shady local protection racket, it makes the pupils of Cottoncroft Comprehensive School want to fight back. Maisie Malin and some of her school mates are sick of "Push"--headed up by Charles Flitcroft and his cronies, young and old--so they try to set up "Pull" as an antidote. It's risky, of course, and there are bound to be setbacks along the way, but it seems that everybody's pain has to get worse before it stands any chance of getting better.

Swindells tackles his disturbing subjects with a distinctly contemporary prose. There is just enough description to enable the reader to visualise what's happening, and lots of dialogue to keep the plot moving. There are plenty of different characters as well, all playing a vital role in events as they unfold.

Robert Swindells is a heavyweight in the children's book world and he doesn't write nearly enough books like Dosh. He should stay in more. (Age 13 and over) --John McLay

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Robert Swindells was born in Bradford in 1939 and continues to live in Yorkshire. He left school at 15 and worked in a variety of jobs, including primary school teaching, before becoming a full-time writer. His widely acclaimed novels often reflect his political passions, such as BROTHER IN THE LAND, which is set in the aftermath of a nuclear war. He has won the Red House Children's Book Prize several times and in 1993 he won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD, a young adult novel about homelessness.

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  • PublisherPuffin
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0241139368
  • ISBN 13 9780241139363
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages208
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