I`d been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the East Anglian coast, in a third. But without St. Oswald`s, I would not have discovered the fisherman`s hut with its roaring fire, its striped blankets, its sea monster stew. Without St. Oswald`s, I would not have met the boy with the beautiful eyes, the flickering half-smile, and no past. Without St. Oswald`s, I would not have met Finn. And without Finn, there would be no story. Shall we begin?