The article focuses on social activist and author Grace Llewellyn. Llewellyn wrote "The Teenage Liberation Handbook" and hosts the Not Back to School Camp. But lately, the homeschooling pioneer's world has gotten more complex. For one thing, she is thinking about closing the camp after 2004. During 2002's West Virginia session, a parent volunteer created a stir after spreading what Llewellyn calls "crazy gossip," by posting allegations against staffers on the camp's e-mail listserv. The listserv was soon deluged with comments from other parents and Llewellyn scrambled to do damage control, an experience that forced her to revisit her idealistic perceptions about people involved in homeschooling movement.