{"product_id":"salford-intake-one-9798195046224","title":"Salford Intake One","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anthony S. Gardner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Action \u0026amp; Adventure - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJake Thorne has always been told he is difficult.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo sharp. Too quiet. Too quick to notice things other people miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSundays with his grandad are the only time the world feels almost normal: allotment mud, roast dinner, bad television, and a few precious hours where nobody is watching him too closely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Monday comes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt school, Jake starts seeing patterns before they happen. A shove before it lands. A lie before it is spoken. The exact moment a room turns against him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdults call it behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen they call it potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jake is taken into the Intake, they call it help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClean rooms. Careful voices. Other children who understand what it means to be watched. For the first time, Jake is not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut belonging has rules.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe children are tested, rewarded, isolated and shaped. Their friendships are managed. Their families become leverage. Their weaknesses are written down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd outside the locked doors, Salford has its own kind of keepers: people who offer warmth, favours and protection before turning need into ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJake wanted somewhere he belonged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he has to work out whether he has been rescued, recruited, or trapped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883036557463,"sku":"9798195046224","price":1469.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195046224.webp?v=1781098974","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/salford-intake-one-9798195046224","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}