How far will a person go to keep a friendship alive? Seventeen-year-old Nate Hoak is about to find out. For Nate and his best friend, Bubba Junior, life in 1957 New Mexico is one adventure after another until Army recruit Bubba goes AWOL and the boys head for the U.S./ Mexico border to save Bubba from the stockade. Their "First Five Minutes of Hell" has them struggling to outlast bad luck, bad weather and bad company as they try to hold onto their lifelong bond that is changing by the hour.
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