Rocky O'Rourke is 13 and lives in the poor part of Liverpool with his mother and step-sister. As leader of the street gang he fights, plays football, sneaks lorry rides and breaks into empty buildings. When he gets involved with a London gangster he realizes the danger of real crime. The author has also written "Rocky and the Ratman" and "A Pair of Desert Wellies".

 

This book features in the following series: New Windmills, New Windmills Series .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 135 pages in this book. This book was published 1975 by Pearson Education Limited .