DJ Qualls stars as Neil Lawrence, the troubled nineteen year old son of the governor of New York. After being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Neil is forced to board at an ivy-covered prep school to straighten him out. While there, he falls for fellow student, TJ, within the first few days, however unbeknownst to him she is struggling with a fatal illness. Neil is a huge fan of J.D Salinger's �The Catcher in the Rye,� and becomes even more obsessed when he is assigned a paper on Holden Caulfield, the book's protagonist. As the students are supposed to write about what they believe happened to Holden after the book ends, Neil takes it upon himself to go on a spontaneous trip to New York, taking TJ with him. Their journey takes on a number of twists and turns and ultimately changes both of their lives forever.