Bad influence
By: William Sutcliffe.
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Boys -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Ben and Ollie are ten. For as long as they can remember they have been best friends and close neighbours in a quiet North London suburb. Then Carl moves into their street. Carl is bad. Carl is very bad. His games are rough, dangerous, and strangely exciting. But soon Ben begins to wonder where their new friend is leading them. Why is Carl so fearless? Why are they never allowed into his house? And why is it that Carl seems to want Olly all to himself?

In a funny, heartfelt and ultimately shocking story, William Stucliffe reveals how childhood friendships can be as consuming and intense as any love affair, and how, when jilted, children are capable of taking the most extraordinary steps."--BOOK JACKET.