12. GEEK-SEEKING MISSILES On the first day of the second term a new boy arrived at St Daniel’s. ‘Thank you, everyone, if you could just stop what you’re doing and listen here now. We have a new class member joining us today. This is James–James Scobie. Now I’m sure that you will all make him feel very welcome here at the college.’ Miss Tarango’s last words were spoken more like instructions than a statement of belief. “When we got a good look at James Scobie, it was pretty obvious why. It’s not that the new boy was the Elephant Man or anything. In fact, he wasn’t that different from anyone else, but he was just different enough to put him right in the danger zone–not so different that he could expect sympathy, but different enough to make Barry Bagsley’s eyes light up. To begin with, James Scobie was small and a little too neat. His hair was parted perfectly on one side and swept back from his forehead like a wave poised to break.
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