Boot Camp (novel)

Boot Camp (novel)

"Boot Camp" (2007) is a young adult novel by author Todd Strasser.

Plot summary

A fifteen year old teen who has been dating his teacher is sent to the horrible Lake Harmony where he is abused roughly and teams up with two outcasts to find an escape route. He then admits that he deserved it.

Characters

;Garret: A highly intelligent, fifteen year old boy whose rich parents send him to the abusive boarding school, Lake Harmony to try to fix his behavior, because he doesn't obey his parents every time. He was in love with his teacher, he didn't go to school everyday and he wasn't very sporty. But he just reached that what his parents want: good school marks to go to college.

;Pauly: He has been going to Lake Harmony for over nine months, because he was still thinking by himself; Pauly and wants to escape.;Sarah: Has been going to Lake Harmony for two years, whose father is a mormon elder and apostle, and will go to all costs to get out of Lake Harmony alive.


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