Toby Jenkins doesnt like boarding school. He gets called Jinks and thinks he will never fit in. But then he meets a strange boy named Christopher who believes that he is the second coming of Jesus Christ. When the village boy oiks start a war with the schoolboy toffs, Toby is caught in the middle. Can Christopher provide the miracle that Toby needs?
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