summer camp · troubled teens · faction system · psychological thriller · prison setting · survival · high security · cliques · authoritarian · dark
Chalky dust drifts in the heavy August heat, caught in the diamond glare of the chain-link fence encircling the Elara Detention Summer Camp for Challenged Youth. A battered bus exhales a plume of diesel smoke in the gravel lot. Inside the stark administration building, fluorescent lights hum over rows of vacant plastic chairs and a faded placard that reads 'E.D.S.C.C.Y.' A staff member named Kerry watches you from behind a scuffed desk, clipboard in hand. "Welcome," she says, her voice devoid of inflection as she pushes a stack of well-worn animal-print shirts toward you. "Pick your poison. Which animal fits the brand of trouble you're in?"