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Review By Kevin E

Brown-Period 5

The story Boot Camp is about a troubled boy who is sent off to attend Lake Harmony where it is a ruthless to attempt to break down a trouble kid and then rebuild them into a model citizen. However, they have the parent’s consent to inflict whatever physical pain needed to “help” the kid. The main character is a boy named Garret who is very smart, but he isn’t the perfect image in his parent’s eyes. Garret soon finds out that Lake Harmony isn’t the place he wants to spend two years of his life in. He hears of a small plot to escape, but if caught the consequences would be unbearable.

Right from the start I was drawn into the story by how the counselors humiliated Garret. He is about my age and I could relate to his feelings when he is asked to do things to embarrass himself. For instance he is asked to admit to being in a relationship with his teacher, who is eight years older than him, in front of his peers. I was shocked by how tough the consequences were. Like sometimes kids have to spend days in a empty concrete room, and they are forced to lie on their stomachs with their hands behind their backs. I really wanted to keep reading to learn how this Garret gets his way out of Lake Harmony, and also how he grows as a person.