Cal Fisher, twelve years old, lives with his Dad in the same trailer they've always been in. His Mother has been gone for years. His best friend Auggie lives just across the street with his older brother, Kyle, both parents deceased. Upon exiting the bus on the last day of school before summer break, Cal and Auggie encounter a bit of trailer park drama; Kyle's best friend, Jerry, having burned up in a fire in his trailer earlier in the day. With school over, the two boys are bound for adventure, starting with the burned up trailer....During what Cal remembers as the hottest summer ever, the two boys' lives are turned upside down when the two discover and share ownership of a cold black steel revolver. With the coming of age of two young men; puberty, girls, work, manhood, poverty, and friendship are all pushed to their limits when the two boys find a gun.
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