High-school senior Bridger Jenkins is an outsider with hidden scars and a lifelong dream to see the ocean. His mother has done everything in her power to give her son a good life despite their poverty, but their world is once again upended when his abusive stepfather threatens their lives. On the road with only $197 to their names, Bridger and his mother embark on the journey of a lifetime. But a series of obstacles foil their plan and they end up stuck in a small town that will change their destiny. When Bridger has a chance encounter with a brown-eyed beauty shrouded in insecurity, sparks fly and an everlasting bond is ignited between two misfits longing for acceptance and true love.