{"product_id":"salford-intake-one-anthony-s-gardner-9798195046224","title":"Salford Intake One","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony S. Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798195046224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.89d","brand":"Anthony S. Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801468317951,"sku":"9798195046224","price":15.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salford-intake-one-anthony-s-gardner-9798195046224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}