Rusty Cars and Fallen Stars is the story of teacher George Butler's mission to reunite a troubled high school student, Lacy Richman, with her estranged alcoholic father who lives at Coy Newhouser's salvage and pre-owned automobile business. Newhouser's, located along a stretch of highway in rural Virginia, becomes a stage for family drama, educational debate, and spiritual warfare. Butler soon learns that his road of good intentions has numerous potholes, detours, and unexpected twists and turns. He discovers, too, that the jovial, gregarious Coy Newhouser is a masterful salesman of much more than used cars and parts.