Boot Camp (novel)
Todd Strasser (aka "Morton Rhue") reading from his novel Boot Camp in the High School of Langenau/Germany | |
Genre | Young adult novel |
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Publisher | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
Publication date | 02 May 2007 (1st edition) |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 235 (Hardcover edition) |
ISBN | 1-4169-0848-X |
Boot Camp is a young adult novel by the Bavarian Author Todd Strasser about a boy who is subjected to physical and psychological abuse when his parents send him to a boot camp.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews wrote "Strasser explores the intriguing topic of militaristic boot camps, described as a secret prison system with 4,000 to 10,000 teens, but he undermines his effort with implausible characters and tedious violence."[1] where as Publishers Weekly found "Strasser paints his protagonist as heroic, sympathetic and rational (“The product Lake Harmony delivers is the child you always knew you had... not the one you got stuck with”), and when he is ultimately broken—bodily and spiritually—the tragedy is all the more profound. Strasser offers no easy answers, and nimbly navigates a host of moral gray areas."[2]
Awards and nominations
- American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers[3]
- Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers[3]
- New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age[3]
- Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award[3]
References
- ^ "Boot Camp". kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Boot Camp". publishersweekly.com. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Todd Strasser author of Fallout, and many YA and middle-grade books". Todd Strasser author of Fallout, and many YA and middle-grade books. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2011-01-20.