Flounder

Seventeen-year-old Alex Ryback is adamant that he won’t end up like his deadbeat, older brother, Gerry. He’s wrapping up high school well enough, but his parents still give him a college ultimatum: maintain a 3.0 GPA or lose all financial support, following in Gerry’s footsteps.

Now thrust into higher education, Alex discovers that keeping on top of his grades while navigating his social life is no easy task. And when one, unsympathetic professor forces that 3.0 GPA to slip out of reach, he figures, what’s the point? Shouldn’t he just go crazy partying until the music stops?

Sputtering through a turbulent year containing pointless classes, girlfriends, way too much weed, an illegitimate yearbook superlative, a weapon at a house party, a laundry room confrontation, and a campus-wide, drinking scavenger hunt, Alex must ultimately determine whether he’ll let a few blunders condemn him to be a loser forever, or if he is willing to persevere and overcome his mistakes.