The Story Of James Choke

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James Choke is one of the hardest kids in his school. Nobody messes around with him. One day he reaches his boiling point at the hands of a girl in his classroom, as she continues to ridicule his overweight mother, he does what he thinks is the right thing and defends his mother by hitting the girl. The girls face is then cut open and James runs out of his class but his teacher attempts to stop him but gets pushed over in the process. Before James can get home and tell his mother what had happened, he finds that she had passed away in her armchair by overdosing on prescription medication and alcahol. James is sent to Nebraska Home, since his stepfather and the father of his sister Lauren, doesn't want him. James joins a group of guys known for causing trouble and gets found stealing a case of beer from a petrol station. He spends the night in the lockup but when he wakes up in the morning he’s in a completely different place and has no idea were he is and how he got there. …show more content…

After James passes a series of tests easily he then has his physical ability tested through multiples tests including karate and boxing, James is offered a spot at Cherub, which he takes immediately. In the morning James is made to change his name from James Choke to James Adams. He then begins a task to him which he finds extremely difficult…Swimming Where he has to swim 50 meters, he begins to prepare to battle the water as James has never gone swimming in his life and must swim 50m in order to join

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