Touching Other Lives was written as a series of 27 episodes. Collection 1 contains the first 5 episodes of this story.
Episode 1: The Wrong Kind of Friend?
On her first day at yet another high school, 15 YO Annie is determined to make friends. While walking to school, she meets Martin, a taciturn boy her own age. She is soon warned of his bad reputation, but kind hearted Annie places her trust in her unproven psychic gift when he is accused of selling drugs – even after ending up at the police station with him on her first day.
Episode 2: Friend or Unfriend
Annie had never been in trouble before coming to Bellfield College, but after only a week, it was beginning to look like she was a trouble maker. When given an unusual punishment after fighting with a classmate, she learns more about the derisive, apparently affluent Abbie Carson than she expected.
Episode 3: Bones of an Old Mystery
While helping the local scouts clean out an old house, Annie receives visions of its former owner – Old Mad Maude. What she saw didn't agree with the official police view and when a horrible discovery is made, things looker darker still for Maude.
Episode 4: The Truth Behind the Vision
Abbie Carson had a big secret and somehow that freaky new girl had found out. If that wasn't enough, she'd lost something she'd taken from her father's private office. He'd be angry if he knew... He'd probably blame her for the break in, when it was his fault for running off. But did he have to treat her like a prisoner when she had obeyed him and stayed home for all the time he was away? It wasn't fair!
Episode 5: Not a Chip from the Block
Martin didn't want anyone at school to know his father was a criminal. They would believe all the rumours about him and throw him out. The police already thought he was headed that way and when they came to search his house he could already feel the jail cell door clanging behind him. He had no friend to help him this time.