Sam Hall

Sam Hall is a senior student at Woodmont High School in Virginia. He joins fellow classmates Laura Chapman and Brian Parks as a team to attend the Scholastic Decathlon at New York, but they are ultimately trapped in the city after a massive storm hits the entire Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, his father, climatologist Jack Hall, decides to go rescue him. While waiting for rescue, Sam develops an affection with Laura, but when Laura's life is left hanging in the balance, he has to go on a mission to save her, no matter how dangerous it can be.