By John Dalton
Scribner | 336pgs
Release Date: July 19, 2011

Summary:
The Inverted Forest opens just days before Kindermann Forest Summer Camp is set to open for the 1996 season, when the camp director summarily fires all of the counselors for inappropriate behavior, and scrambles to find replacements. Among the newly minted staff is Wyatt Huddy, a gentle giant who suffers from a congenital defect that causes facial disfigurement. The rookie counselors get their first surprise on opening day when the rambunctious children they were expecting turn out to be mentally disabled adults arriving from the state hospital. The entire group must adjust to this unexpected situation, but Wyatt alone harbors the fear of being inadvertently mistaken for a disabled camper. As the days go on and a fellow counselor reveals his true, dangerous nature, Wyatt is swept up in a tragic event that impacts all those involved many years into the future. Read more…