Young Frankie Hermans regains consciousness from his two-hundred-day coma to discover he is unable to walk or speak, but the coming of a charismatic young man, Joe Speedboat, to Frankie's quiet, rural hometown has a healing effect on Frankie.
Eleven-year-old Gavin, devastated when his beloved grandfather suffers a massive stroke, recalls that Grandad had been speaking about the selkies--magical seal people--at the moment of his attack, and sets out to see if the selkies can help him reach his comatose grandfather.
After an accident in gym class puts sixteen-year-old Tessa into a coma, she re-evaluates her life by visiting the mall stores where significant events in her life took place.
Alienated at school and troubled by his parents' separation, Kit loses himself in running, until one day an accident on the road catapults him into what seems to be a parallel universe.
