Jack is fifteen, angry, and already on the edge of being lost. Living in a rough, working-class town, he’s used to being ignored by adults and tormented by bullies. With no father figure and a mother whoβs barely holding it together, Jack drifts through summer days with clenched fists and a wounded heart.
But everything changes when his younger cousin Ben is unexpectedly left in his care. Forced to take on a role he’s never known β that of protector β Jack initially resents the responsibility. Yet through their uneasy bond, Jack begins to confront the pain and insecurity he’s buried for years.
As the boys face a weekend of violence, vulnerability, and small acts of courage, Jack is pushed to his limit β both physically and emotionally. What begins as another wasted summer becomes a coming-of-age crucible, where fists fly and manhood is forged not in power, but in empathy.
Raw, intimate, and deeply human, King Jack is a portrait of adolescence at its most fragile and defiant β a story about what it takes to grow up when no one is showing you how. And in the silence of small-town streets, Jack finds a voice of his own.