This is a story that anybody can relate to. Ronnie Lars is a typical teenager. He goes to school, he has friends. Everything in his life was okay up until his Junior year of high school. That's when things start to spiral out of control. His mom lost her job, his dad constantly hits his mom AND him on a daily basis and like that isn't enough, Ronnie starts suffering from depression and severe anorexia. Because of all these events happening all at once, he rarely talks to his middle school friends anymore and he would normally stay home from school but because he doesn't want to face his dad, instead he runs away from school AND home. Ronnie feels like he's on the brink of losing it until someone comes into his life to be there for him.