Dan is like a magnet for danger, all his life he's been kicked out of countless schools for causing trouble, though it's not exactly like he means to. It always finds him, no matter what preppy boarding school his mother sends him to, it never lasts long. One of Dan's few friends at his most recent school, Jasper- a boy with a muscular dysfunction in his legs- along with another mysterious boy, might be able to take him to a place that's not so temporary; a camp overseas where he promises he'll belong, a place where Dan can finally fit in.
Phil goes to a new school after bullying becomes too much at his other. But the negativity that has placed itself in his life suddenly starts slowly drifting away when he immediately meets a new friend, Dan Howell, almost immediately. Their friendship quickly escalates, and leaves Phil thinking that maybe his life isn't so cursed after all.