The Inverted Forest is the second novel by Missourian author John Dalton published in 2011 by Scribner.

[1] The storyline based in part on Dalton's own experience as a counsellor at Camp Don Bosco in Hillsboro, Missouri, in the 1980s.

One of the counsellors is Wyatt Huddy with Apert Syndrome who has been living in a Salvation Army facility, having been rescued by them by his cruel sister.

The camp manager Linda Rucker is then fired as rumours spread about her behaviour to the attractive lifeguard Christopher Waterhouse.

Part 2 of the novel starts in St. Louis 15 ears later where Marcy thinks fondly back her time as a counsellor, and her relationship with Christopher and about the legal case concerning Wayne.