Namkoong Dahl is used to being picked on all of the time, and he just accepts it as a part of life, but a chance meeting with an old friend over the summer convinces him that he should stand up to a bully on the first day of school. That way, everyone will think of him as a tough kid. When he sees a girl getting picked on, the boy takes action, but unfortunately, her tormentor is a very intimidating boy who is known as the worst bully in school - and now he wants to fight him after school.