Plot
In the summer of 1947, thirteen-year-old Lily Jane Bobbit has moved with her mute mother to small-town Medda, Alabama, next door to Billy Bob Murphy. Billy Bob develops a crush on Lily Jane, who is a self-possessed Southern belle. Preacher, Billy Bob's rowdy best friend, also takes a liking to Lily Jane, complicating the two boys' friendship. Meanwhile, Billy Bob has a hard time accepting the budding romance between Elinore, his war-widowed mother, and local mechanic Speedy Thorne, whom he and Preacher do odd jobs for.
The town is shaken up by the arrival of Lionel Quince, a con man. When the Quinces announce they are staging a talent contest, Lily Jane, who dreams of being an actress, enters the competition. When the grifters make off with the entry fees, it is up to Billy Bob and Preacher to catch up to the crooks.
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