After losing his mother to addiction, eleven-year-old Cameron King is thrust into a world of street survival, fragile friendships and foster homes. When tragedy strikes again, he flees north with eight-year-old Squirt - a young boy he protected in their group home - chasing hope up the Newell Highway toward Lightning Ridge. With child services and police closing in, the boys must rely on their wits, loyalty, and each other to outrun the past and find a future worth believing in.
A tragicomic, gut wrenching road story about love, loss, and the families we build when the world forgets us.
After losing his mother to addiction, eleven-year-old Cameron King is thrust into a world of street survival, fragile friendships and foster homes. When tragedy strikes again, he flees north with eight-year-old Squirt - a young boy he protected in their group home - chasing hope up the Newell Highway toward Lightning Ridge. With child services and police closing in, the boys must rely on their wits, loyalty, and each other to outrun the past and find a future worth believing in.
A tragicomic, gut wrenching road story about love, loss, and the families we build when the world forgets us.