It's about how kids get lost and failed by the system. This is a book about what how we label children.
And across the course of five tense days, with a journalist, a floppy-haired mayor, a police negotiator, and the sinister face of the pharmaceutical industry, they - and we - begin to understand why. What makes five kids pick a man seemingly at random - a nobody, he works in the housing department, doesn't even have a good phone - hold a knife to his side, take him to a warehouse and chain him to a radiator? They've got a hostage, but don't really know what they want, or why they've done it. They're not looking for trouble, but one hot summer day, when riots break out across the city, they find it. They're not exactly a gang, but Blaze is their leader, and Troy has always been his quiet, watchful sidekick - the only one Blaze really trusts. Troy, Femi, Lee, Karen and Blaze have been taking Concentr8 as long as they can remember.
What's good for society is good for everyone. Keep people like us safe from people like them.
It makes sense, doesn't it? Keep the undesirable elements in line. In a future London, Concentr8 is a prescription drug intended to help kids with ADD.
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