Jake Newman is a fifteen year old kid who runs away from an abusive situation in West Texas and hitchhikes north with a truck driver, Red Iverson.
You got no plans, no f.
Red says "And here you are-just a nobody, a zero.
Listening to this distraught father talk about his cherished and talented son, Jake realizes he himself has never achieved anything meaningful in his life and doubts he ever will.
He tells Jake about his talented hockey-playing son, Robbie, who recently died in a car accident.
Jake Newman is a fifteen year old kid who runs away from an abusive situation in West Texas and hitchhikes north with a truck driver, Red Iverson