Tristan's life takes a turn for the worse when his parents decide to move him and his two sisters to middle-of-nowhere Petersville—a place that definitely can't be the greatest since it only has one road and no restaurants.

His suspicions about his new town are confirmed when he's tricked into believing the local general store has life-changing chocolate cream doughnuts, when in fact the cranky owner hasn't made them in years. This begins the only thing that could make life in Petersville and close proximity to his family okay: getting the secret recipe and bringing them back to the town. But Tristan will soon discover that starting a business is going to be hard work...