The Boy follows Jerry More, a young boy growing up in the late 1950s and early 1960s, struggling with divorced parents, abuse, poverty, and a nomadic life. His father, a traumatized WWII veteran, battles alcoholism, making stability impossible. Amid family dysfunction, racial prejudice, and religious confusion, Jerry comes to a stark realization—his survival and future rest in his own hands. A desperate decision marks the end of his childhood.