Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He's living in the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life's complications and even find some happiness. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what's important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart