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BfK No. 122 - May 2000

Cover Story
This issue’s cover shows Jane Simmons’ popular character, Daisy, and her baby brother Pip. Two Daisy books with their ‘dynamic yet affectionate pictures’ full of painterly exuberance are reviewed in this issue. Thanks to Orchard Books for their help in producing this May cover.

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Dosh

Robert Swindells
(Puffin)
208pp, 978-0241139363, RRP £10.99, Hardcover
14+ Secondary/Adult
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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.

Reviewer: 
Val Randall
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