This penetrating story covers a lot of territory that teenage guys are too often familiar with: the power of peer influence, the consequence of ignoring our conscience, the deception of self-reform, and the danger of a backslidden condition. Charlie Wescott is a wayside hearer, allowing the seed of truth to be snatched up by idle thoughts, idle talk, and idle companions. He lives for the moment, giving no thought to the pain he may be inflicting on himself and others. But it is also a story of redemption that gives us a glimpse of God’s loving hand that is stretched out still.