15 year old Daniel Howell has terrible friends, a huge crush on his best friend's boyfriend, tons of pressure from school and his parents, and to sum it all up he also has chronic depression. While planning on ending his life, he accidentally enters himself to a psychiatric hospital. During his stay at The Priory Hospital in Altrincham, Dan meets a series of interesting new people, including 16 year old Phillip Lester. No matter how hard Dan tries to confront Phil, there is something wrong about him and Dan is determined to help him while also helping himself. Based on the book and movie It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. Word Count = About 34,125

Dan Howell is a timid boy, who always does as he is told. He was once friends with Phil Lester, the 'bad influence' who soon ditches Dan for the popular group in Year 7. After five years of not talking to each other, they're partnered in a project and Phil's wants to win Dan over just like he has with most of their year. But yet, Dan is determined to find out what Phil is hiding behind his arrogant mask.

Everything was like a puzzle that had yet to be put together. It was like all the pieces were there, but you didn't know where to connect them and how they fit in. Dan was the puzzle, and I wanted to know how to solve it.