Boot Camp by Todd Strasser is a disturbing novel about Garrett, a boy sent to Harmony Lake camp for troubled teens, by his parents because he was out of control. It is like a prison for teens, but they use physical and psychological abuse to get teens to become obedient. Parents who send kids there paid $4,000 a month! Teens are separated from their parents and the outside world for a minimum of six months. In this book, Garrett really did not deserve to be there and befriended two others who didn’t deserve to be there either. They escaped together but it did not end there.
I liked the ending, but won’t spoil it for you. I found myself pulling for Garrett throughout the book and although this was fiction, it is based on real places that exist in the United States which is what disturbed me most. No one should be treated this way! The book was gripping, a page-turner that I was anxious to see how it would end.
(Karen's review)
Have you read this one? What did you think of it?
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