Living Outside of Time : a New Way of Knowing

SAM (Sarah Ann McClure) is glad to be what her mother calls the link for her family because she is the middle child, linking her two brothers. However, she is not glad that her older brother, Doug, is on his way to Afghanistan. She is very excited about becoming a teen-ager, but she is not ready for the bus accident that happens on her thirteenth birthday. While she is elated by the experiences she encounters in her comatose state, she is fearful to tell her dad, Fireman Joe, the traumatic future that she knows is facing him. And who is the dark skinned, white clad young man who continues to drop in to check on Sarah while she is in the hospital?