Stuart and his mom are heading to Minot, ND, where she will assume command of the Air Force base.  But this time it will be just the two of them.  His brother is away at college and their father has abruptly decided to move to Nevada.

With his family scattered and his mother preoccupied with military duties, Stu finds himself on his own and adrift in this new environment, caught between a respect for the regimented life of the military and an aching desire for independence and freedom.  As he struggles to find his way, Stu becomes an unwilling participant in his neighbors’ dysfunctional family drama and gets pulled into a series of events that leaves him in trouble with the law and at risk of losing the trust of the people most important to him.  When tragedy finally strikes, Stu must come to terms with his own culpability.

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