Plot Summary:17-year-old Jordy Matthews is thrown out of his boarding school the day before Thanksgiving break. When he is forced to spend the holiday weekend alone on campus waiting for his parents to get him, he is confronted by his nemesis-and his own bleak, dark thoughts about his future. Desperate to not spend Turkey Day alone, Jordy recreates his own Thanksgiving family with the help of a pink fuzzy pillow, punching bag and bag of mulch.