Leaving Chicago to move to his aunt and uncle's dairy farm in the Ozarks was going to be a huge change for Nick. With his mother down on her luck and moving in with his grandparents, the only viable thing for him to do was to leave Chicago. He knew that he would never survive sharing a room with his mother. Moving to the Ozarks, though, forces Nick to put his dreams of going to college on hold.
Living on his uncle's dairy farm, Nick learns to milk cows, feed calves, and clean pens. Not exactly his dream job, Nick doesn't think his life could get any worse; but then he meets Elmer, a Jersey bull who has a mind of its own, and Rob, the ghost of a Confederate soldier who challenges Nick in ways he never imagined. Nick learns to do things that he never thought possible with Rob's guidance. But what will that mean for his future?