12-year-old Dylan and his father both drown in a surfing accident. Dylan is revived, but his father's body is never found. What's left of Dylan's family moves from California to his mother's home town of Glasgow, Michigan, where Dylan is visited by people he doesn't know - people he comes to realize are in the process of passing over from life to death. Dylan shares his secret only with his new friend, Emily. Together, they try to understand why the dying residents of Glasgow come to him as they make their final transition and come to understand the importance of the people in their lives and the power of love. Contains stunningly surreal dream and afterlife imagery.