Johnny Preacher Wilcox can't get a break.
When his father abruptly leaves the family, Preacher is left with unanswered questions, wheat land to plow, and a broken tractor.
The tractor mechanic is meaner than a bobcat, the creek is drying up, and Preacher's best friend, Earl Floyd, betrays him (or, so he thinks.
) He has more going wrong than any twelve-year-old boy wants to think about.
Why did Dad have to leave? How will he get everything done? Will Preacher and Earl Floyd ever be friends again?.