National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) FINALIST. The year is 1973 and 14-year-old WILL KLING is at a crossroads -- he's moving away from home to experience his first 24-hours at Hudson Academy, an elite Northeastern boarding school. He struggles come to terms with all that he's left behind, while his comic outlook on life helps him deal with the pompous head of school, his quirky international roommate, and the "preppy goddess" who may be the love...