The year is 1969 and Clark Calloway, age 14, is working at a gas station in Amherst. There he becomes acquainted with an older boy, Dan Mallow aka Tyro, who introduces him to marijuana. When Clark¿s father discovers this, they fall out. Later at the station Tyro involves Clark in a theft, forcing them both to flee to a mountain hideout where Clark learns the truth about Tyro.