Diffidence
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Last published Tue, Dec 18, 2018
Chikaima Adike is a 16 year old girl living in Lagos with her father after losing her mum to a car accident. She meets Derek while in the terminal class of secondary school and has feelings for him.
This angers a bitter classmate of hers. From plotting to frame her during the terminal exams to filling her locker with threats, this enemy of hers will stop at nothing. While in the race to find answers, she discovers that sometimes what everyone needs is a friend.
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A cross between a stereotypical American high school and the average Nigerian teenager.
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"𝐀 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 . . ." Chika is your not-so-cliché Nigerian girl. Following her father's death, her life takes a turn for the worse. She has little to look forward to until her mother's acquaintance secures her a place at an elite school in Abuja. Things seem to be looking up and she's delighted at the prospect of having a positive change in her life. But her excitement is short-lived as she becomes a victim of bullying due to her background. ************************** Charlotte, a Canadian face model, on the other hand, has almost everything she can wish for but still longs for one thing. Nursing a broken heart, she only wishes to get the love and attention which have eluded her all her life. Unexpectedly, both Charlotte and Chika's lives become intertwined in an unusual way, a way they both least expect. Especially when they wake up in different bodies.
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