Det är tidigt 1960-tal i den amerikanska Södern när uppviglaren Adam anländer till den lilla staden Craxton. Stadens gymnasieskola har hittills bara varit för vita men ska nu avsegregeras och även tillåta svarta elever. Adam börjar hetsa Craxtons vita invånare att motsätta sig förändringen och demonstrationerna blir snart allt våldsammare.
Joined by his band of merry mates Georgia Blue and Little Johnny, Robbie Hood is a charismatic thirteen-year-old misfit with a heart of gold, who skirts the law to right wrongs he sees playing out in his community. Short of money, and struggling to survive, Robbie and his mates have only themselves to rely on. Guided by the memory of his mother and a strong sense of what’s right and wrong, everything Robbie does is for a reason and, whether good or bad, he does it with the best of intentions. Even if it means helping out his dickhead father.
