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#39;t. Subjected to brutal physical and psychological abuse, he tries to fight back, but the battle is futile. He won#39;t be allowed to leave until he#39;s admitted his "mistakes" and conformed to Harmony Lake#39;s standards of behavior. And there#39;s no way to fake it. Beaten, humiliated, and stripped of his pride, Garrett#39;s spirit is slowly ebbing away. Then he hears whispers of an escape plot. It#39;s incredibly risky -- if he#39;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#39; whim.
