Welcome to Nowhere, kid. Life starts here.
What's the problem? Sixteen-year-old Filipino American Angelo Rivera
will tell you flat out. Life sucks. He's been uprooted from his San
Diego home to a boring landlocked town in the middle of nowhere. Behind
him, ocean waves, his girlfriend, and the biggest skateboarding
competition on the California coast. Ahead, flipping burgers at his
parents' new diner and, as the only Asian in his all-white school, being
trolled as "brown boy" by small-minded, thick-necked jocks.
Resigned to being an outcast, Angelo isn't alone. Kirsten, a crushable
ex-cheerleader and graffiti artist, and Larry, a self-proclaimed
invisible band geek, recognize a fellow outsider. Soon enough, Angelo
finds himself the leader of their group of misfits. They may be low on
the high school food chain, but they're determined to hold their own.
Between shifts at the diner, dodging bullies, and wishing for home,
Angelo discovers this might not be nowhere after all. Sharing it can
turn it into somewhere in a heartbeat.