Boot Camp

In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home to Harmony Lake a boot camp for troubled teens. Maybe some kids deserve to be sent there but Garrett knows he doesnt. Subjected to brutal physical and psychological abuse he tries to fight back but the battle is futile. He wont be allowed to leave until hes admitted his "mistakes" and conformed to Harmony Lakes standards of behavior. And theres no way to fake it. Beaten humiliated and stripped of his pride Garretts spirit is slowly ebbing away. Then he hears whispers of an escape plot. Its incredibly risky -- if hes caught the consequences will be unthinkable -- but it may be his only way out. In this tense riveting novel award-winning YA author Todd Strasser reveals what really goes on in highly secretive -- and notoriously dangerous -- boot camps a stealth prison system where any teenager under the age of eighteen can be imprisoned at his parents whim.