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1. There will be swearing You ve been warned.WHAT THE FLYING FUCK.WHAT THE FLYING FUCK DID I JUST READ WHAT THE FLIPPING FREXING SHITTING ASSHOLING MOTHERFUCKING FUCKITY FUCK FUCK.So, it s 3.45 A.M, jus finished reading Bootcamp and I m crying but not for the usual sappy sad reason I AM FURIOUS.WHAT ENDING IS THIS WHAT BULLSHIT ENDING IS THIS He endured all that fucking crap all that beatings and humiliation and abuse and verbal assault and then the ending happened, the rewiring what what what what [...]

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2. It s horrifying to read this book and come to realize that no matter how much you hear about the existence of boot camps, what occurs in them I m a Canadian and I ve only heard of one in existence in Ontario and they re shutting the damn lot down after investigating it thoroughly But aside from thatThe author of this book takes you into the reality of a boot camp It s a hard story to swallow and I m going to tell you how while I sat here reading it every nerve ending in my body jumped, every emo [...]

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3. Boot Camp, 3.50 starsFirst, the MCs Garrett the major MC, Pauly, the wimp, Sarah, the beaten down girl that still has a fire inside of her, and Joe the sadistic father to Garrett and Pauly.In the middle of the night, Garrett is taken from his home and transported to Lake Harmony, a camp that is presented to perspective parents of troubled or out of control teens under 18 years of age as a place where, through strong discipline and reeducation, the camp returns to the parents a normal child that [...]

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4. I know that these types of places are real and it makes me mad to think of parents sending their kids there and paying people to treat them this way I felt so sorry for Garrett I think had his parents let him live up to his mind that things with Sabrina wouldn t have happened I also think that there would have been lots of other ways for Garrett s parents to deal with things By wanting to keep things nice they just brought on trouble.I loved that Garrett kept trying to buck the system, even at [...]

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5. Garrett is dragged out of his bed in the middle of the night, handcuffed, and taken to Lake Harmony, a teenage boot camp, completely against his will His parents sent him to this behavior modification camp in order to teach him respect and self discipline.Garrett is an extremely bright fifteen year old School has never been a problem for him In fact, he quite often gets bored He can finish in three days what it takes most students a whole week to accomplish So, he doesn t always go to school Ins [...]

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6. This book succeeds at being a vehicle for portraying life in a Boot Camp It includes a list of references and everything Sadly, the story was tragically injured in the author s attempt to convey his message The story jumps chronologically, losing chunks of time with nothing changing in the life of the narrator I mean that it seams like one chapter is the day after another, but we re told it s months later Also our narrator behaves rather inconsistently with his character, needing to be convinced [...]

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7. Bootcamp is about a kid named garrett who is sent to a school for problem teens by his parents I liked the idea of the book and that they have to escape but they could ve done it differently I liked the idea of Garrett being a trubbled teen and the fact that he was sent to thre school becouse he was dateing his techter, it was a diffretn story then what im used to I didn t really like the characters and how they acted or how they talked like they were paranoid I didn t like that ending of the bo [...]

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8. Garrett is abducted by transporters in the middle of the night from his parents house They take him to a facility designed to transform problem kids into model teens docile, obedient, and perfect Upon his arrival, Garrett learns that his parents have paid to have him taken away, and will continue to pay for the next six months, at least , until his behavior improves to their satisfaction or until he is 18 whereupon he can decide to remove himself from the facility But, Garrett, like few of the o [...]

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9. Abducted from his home in the middle of the night, Garrett is whisked away to an ultra secret boot camp called Lake Harmony, where he discovers that his parents have sent him to be reprogrammed into a better, malleable son that agrees with everything his parents have set before him While there he encounters severe mental and physical abuse and realizes that while his own struggle to remain true to himself might be won, the lives of others could be at stake if he does not help them with a wildly [...]

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10. Boot Camp by Todd Strasser is a great book for teens It is a realistic fiction novel about Garrett s struggles with physical abuses at this boot camp that he is sent by his parents One day, Garrett is handcuffed by a random man, and he arrives at a place where he hears people scream and yell He starts talking to the guardians and gets beaten hard Just for talking and asking questions, Garrett needs to get physically punished Comparing this book to the documentary I saw about the military, they a [...]

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11. This is a book I would highly recommend for people who like a good adventure Garrett is a fifteen year old boy who is smart, just not when it comes to making decisions He was involved with his teacher who happened to be eight years older than him One night Garrett is kidnapped out of his home and taken to a boot camp in New York, where he is going to be apart of some of the roughest mental and physical pain he will ever experience He meets Paul and Sarah who are wanting to run away They have a p [...]

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12. This book Oh my goodness this book Rip my heart out put it back together just to tear it apart again Oh My Gosh I can t say anything I am speechless I might edit this later and write a true review, but all I can say is if you were thinking of reading this book, think no for I shall force this book into your hands.

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13. Du kommst hier nicht raus, wenn du ihnen vorspielst, was sie haben wollen Du kommst hier erst raus, wenn du bist, was sie haben wollen Zum BuchinhaltDer 15j hrige Conner hat keine Ahnung, wohin ihn die beiden Fremden bringen, die ihn entf hrt, mit Handschellen gefesselt und auf den R cksitz eines Autos verfrachtet haben Das einzige, was er wei , dass seine Eltern etwas damit zu tun haben m ssen Am Ziel der Reise angekommen wird ihm sofort klar, wo er gelandet ist In einem Boot Camp Ein Schock Sc [...]

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14. Read at rainbowreviews.wix reading free or on Instagram RainbowReviewsKCGut Instinct Rating 5Story Line 5Writing Style 4Characters 4Excitement Factor 4Believability for type and topics 5Similarity to other books 3Cover art 3Title Relevance 3When Garrett s parents think he s out of control, they hire transporters to pick him up in the middle of the night and take him to Camp Lake Harmony Lake Harmony is basically boot camp for troubled teens Lake Harmony is hell And because Garrett is only sixte [...]

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15. I would hope that any reader at some point in their life journey encounters a book that forces them to face new things in life and shows them an alternative perspective than their own Oftentimes, it is the mark of an important book or film when such a work can stir such strong emotions in us as to make us want to mobilize and tell others about our experience the smallest reaction or go out and get involved the biggest reaction.Boot Camp is such a book.The summary of the book is quite sufficient [...]

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16. Boot Camp, by Todd Strasser, is a fantastic novel The novel includes an amazing plot, intriguing characters, and strong use of literary elements such as syntax, diction, and figurative language I sincerely enjoyed this novel It was a great read that kept me wanting to turn the page and never set the book down until I finished it Even when I was done reading I was thirsting for What really brought me into the book was the strong character representation shown by Garret Garret is a strong willed [...]

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17. Picked from the summer reading list, this book most definitely get 3 out of 5 stars for it s striking, electrifying, dazzling, and phenomenal storyline This novel really will get to a person because its just so detailed that the reader can just imagine what is going on each scene in the novel The book is primarily based on a boot camp named Lake Harmony which takes in disobedient teens and molds them into respectable young adults that there parent may be proud of Lake Harmony is a boot camp that [...]

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18. Nick FranzwaMs NagelE10214 October 2016Book Review of Todd Strasser s Boot Camp In Boot Camp, Todd Strasser tells the story of a boy named Garrett who is abused after he is sent to Lake Harmony s Boot Camp by his parents for disrespecting them The reader followed Garrett on his journey to try and escape this horrible place At first when Garrett arrives he doesn t know what to do and follows along Eventually though he ended up meeting a character named Paul of who is also a prisoner of the Boot C [...]

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19. Boot Camp by Todd Strasser is about a boy named Garret who gets abducted from his home and sent to a boot camp called Lake Harmony The book is horrifying and sadistic because the content itself is very real and incidents that happen in the book may happen to many teens every day The staffs at the boot camp are very strict and hard on the residents They strip them of their dignity and brainwash them into becoming the perfect child by using many forms of abuse Garret doesn t think he deserves to b [...]

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20. Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka Readingjunky for TeensReadTooIt seems that every time I turn on the TV, there is some program about teen boot camps or wilderness survivals programs designed to straighten out even the most delinquent of teens Todd Strasser, author of GIVE A BOY A GUN and CAN T GET THERE FROM HERE, has written a book that takes the reader inside the boot camp experience Garrett is from a rich family and goes to a good private school where he is a straight A student headed for an Ivy [...]

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21. Garrett has been unwillingly kidnapped and sent to boot camp to renounce his former life He had fallen in love with his teacher, and the two started a relationship, which his parents disapproved of, and felt sending him off to Lake Harmony was the only way to get his attention and get his life turned back around But Lake Harmony is anything but harmonious, and despite what the brochures promise and outline, it is a cruel place where counselors encourage other campers to torture without leaving m [...]

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22. I read the book Boot Camp by Tom Strasser The book is suspenseful and highly entertaining i was so engaged in the book i finished it only four days Garret is teenage whose parents believe is a troubled child so they send him to boot camp When you get know Garret you realize that he is merely a kid who believes he knows what is best for him, so he lives his life the way he wants to At boot camp he is physically beaten and himulated as the administrators attempt to brainwash him Garret and two fri [...]

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23. What if you were violently waken in the middle of the night, dragged aboard a plane in handcuffs, and taken to a boot camp where you had no rights and where torture, humiliation and violence were part of a normal day Could you survive Would you try to endure and wait to be released someday Or, would you devise a plan to escape, even if doing so could cost you your life as you knew it These are the questions Garrett is faced with on a daily basis as he is not only abused by the staff of Lake Harm [...]

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24. SPOILER ALERT Overall I would give the book Boot Camp a because it was a interesting book with a lot of crazy details like in general in the boot camp they had a lot of fights with all the kids in the camp and Garrett the author gave us gory details about how the blood was dripping and multiple other ideas But the one thing that upset me about this book was the ending In the end of the book Garrett gets caught and goes back to Lake Harmony and his parents come there for him and ask him if the pe [...]

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25. Todd Strasser takes on behavior modification camps those places parents send their out of control and or disobedient children Boot Camp is the story of Garrett, who finds himself handcuffed and taken by two transporters whose job it is to forcibly take children to Lake Harmony, where the full color brochures promise that within 6 to 18 months, parents will get back the child they always dreamed of in place of the one they shipped off Garrett believes he doesn t belong at Lake Harmony, and has a [...]

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26. This book just confused me, because I wasn t sure what kind of point the author was trying to get across His main character tries hard to beat the system, but ends up brainwashed in the end anyway.I also wasn t sure what the author was trying to get across in his choice of offenses that the main character and his two sidekicks were sent to boot camp for I would say that if you really wanted to justify sending your kid to boot camp which I don t agree with at all , the main character s parents we [...]

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27. The following review is a collective review from my 2014 2015 highly skilled Reading class I like how the author added a plot twist whenever it made sense The author s writing made me feel like I was experiencing what Garrett was going through in this novel The author s writing really described the physical abuse that Garrett went through I like the way the author writes because teenagers can relate to it, like how Garrett is thinking And the plot of the story kept me interested I liked the fact [...]

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28. I thought this book told me alot like the way i should be and act if i did not what to go to boot camp and get treated bad Once my parents had told me if i did not change they where going to send me to boot camp for the whole summer and i would not be able to see them They also told me that it woud change my life Then now that i had got the chance to read this book i understand what would had happen to me if i had not changed.So if had to recomend a book for kids to read this one would be it cau [...]

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29. I loved this book Although I have heard of boot camps which are intended to help unruly children, I had no idea how terrible and horrifying they really could be The author did a great job in writing this story as all the appropriate research was done on the subject matter I really liked the ending as it leaves a lot for the reader to think about and it s not your typical run of the mill HEA.Included at the end of the book was an afterword in which the author gives a little insight about boot ca [...]

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30. A touching tale of a troubled teen who is sent to a boot camp by his parents, Boot Camp is a work of fiction that draws on real life teen behavioral modification programs Garrett is sent to a camp in upstate New York by his parents because he does not fit the mold that they have created for him, and because of the physical relationship he has with his teacher The camp is designed to break his spirit, and it comes very close to doing so.

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