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Boot Camp Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Strasser, Todd (Author)

ISBN: 1416959424 ISBN-13: 9781416959427
Publisher: Simon Pulse

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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2008
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Annotation: In this novel ripped from the headlines, 15-year-old Garrett is kidnapped and sent to a disciplinary boot camp, where he is subjected to physical and psychological abuse. Award-winning author Strasser offers a sobering glimpse at what really goes on behind closed doors.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2006013634

Age Level: 12-17

Grade Level: 7-12

Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.68" H x 4.24" W x 7.02" L (0.29 lbs) 238 pages

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee, High School, 2012

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 116382
Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0

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Publisher Description:
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 doesn't. Subjected to brutal physical and psychological abuse, he tries to fight back, but the battle is futile. He won't be allowed to leave until he's admitted his "mistakes" and conformed to Harmony Lake's standards of behavior. And there's no way to fake it. Beaten, humiliated, and stripped of his pride, Garrett's spirit is slowly ebbing away. Then he hears whispers of an escape plot. It's incredibly risky -- if he's 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Strasser, Todd: - Todd Strasser has written many critically acclaimed novels for adults, teenagers, and children, including the award-winning Can't Get There from Here, Give a Boy a Gun, Boot Camp, If I Grow Up, Famous, and How I Created My Perfect Prom Date, which became the Fox feature film Drive Me Crazy. Todd lives in a suburb of New York and speaks frequently at schools. Visit him at ToddStrasser.com.

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