Salford Intake Salford Intake One, Book 1, (Paperback)

<p><b>Jake Thorne has always been told he is difficult.</b></p><p>Too sharp. Too quiet. Too quick to notice things other people miss.</p><p>Sundays 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.</p><p>Then Monday comes.</p><p>At 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.</p><p>Adults call it behaviour.</p><p>Then they call it potential.</p><p>When Jake is taken into the Intake, they call it help.</p><p>Clean rooms. Careful voices. Other children who understand what it means to be watched. For the first time, Jake is not alone.</p><p><b>But belonging has rules.</b></p><p>The children are tested, rewarded, isolated and shaped. Their friendships are managed. Their families become leverage. Their weaknesses are written down.</p><p>And outside the locked doors, Salford has its own kind of keepers: people who offer warmth, favours and protection before turning need into ownership.</p><p>Jake wanted somewhere he belonged.</p><p>Now he has to work out whether he has been rescued, recruited, or trapped.</p>

• Salford Intake Salford Intake One, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Anthony S Gardner
• ISBN: 9798195046224
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-04-30
• Page Count: 438