Louie encounters Tuffy LeMarr while waiting to hop a train and ride the rails into Toledo. Together they visit a hobo 'jungle' where they run into trouble. Meanwhile, the Werner family, Anton, his wife, Marta and their teenage daughters, Mary a
Despite an abusive upbringing and small stature, young Louis House isa scrapper. After taking his last beating, he flees the family farm.Meanwhile, another teenager, the strapping, happy-go-lucky Tuffy Lemarr, has his own reasons for leaving.