Alex Anderson and Kevin Rubenstein may seem like unlikely best friends, but that's just what the handsome football player and the Jewish brainiac have been since childhood. When Kevin dies in a motorcycle crash, Alex's grieving upends his life, and he is sent away to a camp for troubled youths. Borderline suicidal, Alex finds his way back to sanity—thanks to a group of misfits, a girl with a secret, and a mysterious gift.