Books with title The Camp

Fourteen children call The Camp their home, but it is not the type of home the orphans had dreamed about. Held captive by two women, known by the children as The Wardens, they are consistently subjected to abuse and hate, and only survive by the love they have for each other. The grounds of their home is surrounded by a tall electric fence, which makes their disheveled lifestyle inescapable. But when some of the children decide to make a bid for freedom, they learn what life beyond the fence is like. Struggle and hardship follow them through their journey, but finding a small makeshift home in the woods could represent the hope that they desperately seek. Trouble comes when the group ends up separated and each must learn to survive on their own. Does life outside The Camp become the life they always thought it would be, or is it more difficult than they could ever have imagined?

Jesse Harvan comes home from school one day to find his parents have discovered the gay pornographic magazine hidden under his bed. Disgusted, they decide to send Jesse to Camp Grady, a summer camp which prides itself on converting people’s sexuality. Once at the camp, Jesse meets the other inmates: Charlie, a disabled African-American gay teenager, Natalie, a transgender girl, her sister Lita, Japanese lesbian Sakura, and last of all, Minister Grady’s son Jacob, who works for the camp under duress. These teens must learn to bridge their differences and get along if they’re to beat their common enemy and keep their identities–and sanity–intact.

Fourteen children call The Camp their home, but it is not the type of home the orphans had dreamed about. Held captive by two women, known by the children as The Wardens, they are consistently subjected to abuse and hate, and only survive by the love they have for each other. The grounds of their home is surrounded by a tall electric fence, which makes their disheveled lifestyle inescapable. But when some of the children decide to make a bid for freedom, they learn what life beyond the fence is like. Struggle and hardship follow them through their journey, but finding a small makeshift home in the woods could represent the hope that they desperately seek. Trouble comes when the group ends up separated and each must learn to survive on their own. Does life outside The Camp become the life they always thought it would be, or is it more difficult than they could ever have imagined?