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High-school basketball star Brian Baldwin (Glenn Michael Jones) has been assured a hefty scholarship to the college of his choice. Unfortunately, Brian is disqualified because of a heart condition -- and his chances for acceptance in any other college (or any adult job, for that matter) are slim to none because the boy is completely illiterate. Probationary angel Jonathan Smith (Michael Landon) arrives on the scene to help Brian learn to read before the boy's future can be ruined -- and despite the intrusion of a criminal gang who threaten to destroy an adult literacy program.