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This stirring British drama for kids and young adults tells the true story of the famous "free school" known as Summerhill, where since 1921, students had been achieving far above average academic scores within a realm of self governance. Policing their own lives and behavior in an organized system of rotating leadership and one-student-one-vote democracy, the students at Summerhill had been learning about responsibility and compassion firsthand for decades when, in 1999, an inspection from the British government led to a suit challenging many of the school's fundamental principles. Now, the students at Summerhill have to showcase even more maturity, patience, and fortitude than ever before, in order to preserve the spirit of their school.