When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, there’s no one for him to tell. His mom has gone off, his father is stoned in the sofa, and as the phone’s been disconnected, even the social employee can’t get through. Therefore he leaves an email and is out to make something of his life, but that’s not so easy when you’re sixteen, reside in open public housing, have no skills, as well as your just friend is certainly a law school dropout who’s considering signing up for the Hare Krishnas. But Iggy can be . Iggy, and he’s got the kind of wisdom that lets him see factors no-one else can.

In the week before Christmas, Iggy moves all around the city, locating himself in the lap of luxury, the grayness of the never-ending drug party, the haven of the chapel, and finally at the door to a choice that will change his world forever.