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Cassie learns that her stepfather, Rick—a teen psychiatrist—has been covertly prescribing a new behavioral drug that has already taken three lives. Frustrated, she attempts to report the abuse, only for Rick to commit her to Peaceful Cove, a strict boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico.
Now trapped within the camp’s harsh conditions, Cassie must find a way to escape before more patients succumb to the unapproved medication. With no previous escapee and a skeptical world, she faces a race against time and disbelief as she fights to protect her peers.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: April Henry
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