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Story
Nate Busko has spent 12 of his 17 years running from his past. Tired of being bounced from foster home to foster home, he now lives in his car, eats corn husks, and uses track practice as a bath. When night falls, he couldn’t be more different from the confident and arrogant persona at school. Only fragments of traumatic memories from his past haunt him. Enter Stan Deen, a popular high school drama teacher dealing with his own problems. He sees Nate’s latent talent and need for care and guidance where other teachers haven’t, and steps in to help. But in a surprising turn of events, Nate is arrested in the middle of school and taken away in handcuffs. Stan follows Nate to the police station and not only bails him out, but he also agrees to take Nate to his own home, despite the raised eyebrows of his fellow teachers. Stan does everything he can to help his troubled student. But the question is: can you really help anyone if you’re not willing to help yourself?