The One That Went Away

The late 1990s and early 2000s saw the rise of a new type of school the behavior modification program. With few other options at their disposal Jay Chaparral's parents turn to one such program to save their son: Crooked Timber Creek Academy (CTCA). The Chaparrals in deciding to send their son away from the toxic small town of Waverly Indiana pull him out of a downward spiral and set him on a path that will forever alter his fate. Situated among the stunning mountain views of northwest Montana the school promises to give students separation structure and skills. The Program boasts life-changing methods of behavior modification and strategies for success. In the regimented ranks of Crooked Timber Creek Jay Chaparral must come to terms with a new type of family life one with 19 other young men support groups mandatory seminars and motivational speakers...accountability consequences and cult-like lingo...military fitness behavior points and a level system. When Jay returns to small town Indiana will it be as a brainwashed sell-out as his friends and acquaintances warned? Only time will tell...