Marvin, a 13 year old boy, is delivered, by his parents, to a facility that specializes in children's' problems. Marvin is not aware that he has a condition that needs to be addressed, but he goes along with the program because he has no other choice. While there, he encounters other young people like himself and begins to develop warm feelings and form friendships with them. He also must contend with a doctor who provides dubious support, nurses who show only marginal compassion for the children in their care, and an orderly who is sinister and corrupt. Unit 11 is purported to be the treatment mecca at the facility and the children yearn to go there. However, as the young patients are promoted to Unit 11, one-by-one, Marvin overhears disturbing gossip among the staff. He begins to have doubts about Unit 11 and whether that is really the place for him.
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