Want to be a Don is the coming of age story of its main character, Troy, who lives in the rural community of Cuttlebung with his mother and brother Chad. The two become fast friends with other neighbourhood kids and they eventually form a childhood gang, which though initially harmless, slowly evolves into something more.Eventually, the once sleepy rural community gets infiltrated by a notorious downtown don and familiar smiles are replaced with strange faces, guns, drugs, corruption and eventually, murder