{"product_id":"9780571288564","title":"How the Trouble Started","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe police were involved over the trouble. They had to be. 'I was just playing,' I told them, but that wasn't enough. They wanted to know what I understood by 'intent'.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDonald Bailey is sixteen. He can't forget the trouble that happened when he was eight, when the police were called. His mother can't forget either and even leaving their home town doesn't help. Then Donald befriends Jake, who is eight years old and terrifyingly vulnerable. As he tries to protect him, Donald fails to see the most obvious danger. And that the trouble might be closer than\u003cbr\u003ehe thinks...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Robert Williams's prize-winning debut \u003ci\u003eLuke and Jon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow the Trouble Started\u003c\/i\u003e  is a dark, gripping novel about childhood, morality and the loneliness  of children and adults. Told with Robert Williams's characteristic  warmth, humanity and deceptively light touch, it is a story about how  our best and worst intentions can lead us astray, and the moments we can never leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123782336752,"sku":"9780571288564","price":11.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571288564_p0.jpg?v=1763718957","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571288564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}