Realizing her mistake, Lizzie must rally the gang to take down the Headmaster once and for all - before he takes control of the Prime Minister, who is visiting Hazelbrook.
Lizzie is at breaking point - Mum is sick and Ethan is taking the full force of his parents' deaths. In a terrible bargain, the Headmaster offers her a vision of his perfect world.
Lizzie and Tyler Warren return to their failing school, Hazelbrook, only to find it's been transformed the table-topping Hazelbrook Academy. How? Under the strict leadership of the mysterious Headmaster.
While the Headmaster goes off to visit other schools, the gang enlist the help of a reporter to expose the truth. However, this reporter knew Mrs Maron in her old life, when she was a campaigner for human rights - can she break through?
Accidentally freeing Angelika from the Headmaster's control, Lizzie and Ethan hatch a plan to learn the Headmaster's real plans while avoiding the new drones.
When Lizzie falls under the Headmaster's hypnotic powers, a new ally enters the scene: school football star Ethan Prendergast. Ethan, too, has noticed something weird happening at Hazelbrook Academy and wants her help to stop it.