Author(s): William Sutcliffe

Fiction

'I always thought you knew what you were - now I know different. The world's slippery. All it takes is for one thing to shift and everything can slide away. It's like falling off the edge of the world' Ben and Olly 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, Sutcliffe 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.