In a wintry small town, the body of a teenager named Jamie Marks is found by the river. Adam, the star of his crosscountry team, becomes fascinated with Jamiea boy nobody really knew or interacted with, except occasionally to bully him. When Jamies ghost begins to appear both to Adam and Gracie, the classmate who discovered the body, Adam is caught between two worlds. He has a budding romance with Gracie, but he also feels a deep connection to Jamie, who brings him closer to the world of the undead.