Dani Finklemeier has decided to write a self-help book about how to take over the world, but she's not sure where to start. After all, she's only seventeen and looking for a better way to make money than babysitting. She buys a self-help book that promises to teach her how to write a self-help book in the hope of getting the job done. Not that it'll be easy to get any work done this holiday season. Her family is staying at the house for Christmas, and fights break out almost immediately. Dani also has to deal with the fallout from an unexpected kiss with her best friend Seth and the feelings that go along with it. On edge around her family and unsure how to interact with the one person she's trusted with everything in the past, she can only take what inspiration she can from the crazy circumstances surrounding her and see what happens. One way or another, it should be an interesting holiday.