Dosh

Froggy Flitcroft extorts money from young people by organising their more aggressive contemporaries into Push, a gang feared for their violence. Tired of handing over their hard-earned money, the youngsters form Pull, a counter-force to free them from intimidation. Adult thugs are brought into Push and Pull's future looks bleak until the local headmaster takes up their cause. Encouraged - and angered that Flitcroft is now using young people to participate in adult sex parties, Pull mounts a daring plan and succeed in outwitting him. Their temporary solidarity is stimulated by the desire to earn money, not to address social injustice - Swindells' indictment of a materialistic society. His choice of hard-hitting issues is well served by short, action-filled chapters, vivid language and a dramatic cover.