An 11-year-old boy named George Bruckner is at his home in Castle Rock, Maine with his mother, Ruth, when the two find out that George's 13-year-old brother Buddy has broken his ankle playing baseball.
The passage describes the situation of a family in Castle Rock, Maine where a boy named George Bruckner and his mother are at home when they discover their older brother, Buddy, has injured his ankle while playing baseball.