The Differents | ✓

The Differents | ✓

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9412 is a Different, she's a mistake. She accepts it because she's told to. But when she catches a glimpse beyond her home's barrier, she starts doubting what she's been told... "...but I am a box full of misfit toys, and even I keep finding ones I've forgotten about." A 'scientific mistake', Differents are anything but perfect and spend their life trying to change who they are to be Normal. No one disagrees, no one falters, because if you do, you're never seen again. 9412, a girl of seventeen, never questioned her life but always wondered what it would be like if she hadn't had a genetic mutation, causing her to be as she is. Where would she go? Where would she live? And looking out over the vast expanse in which her home is situated, the most unnerving question of all: What else is here? dif·fer·ent /ˈdif(ə)rənt/ adjective not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality Copyright © 2020 by @mel10rism First place in "POC Winners" of the Diverse Awards (April 2021) Winner in the WattOriginals 2020 Awards (November 2020) Second place in SCI-FI of the Watt in the World Awards (September 2020) Second place in SCI-FI of the Creator's Choice Awards (July 2020) 2 in #SHAWROCKETPRIZE (May 2020) 2 in #FLAWED (May 2020) 3 in #FLAWS (May 2020) #theaceawards2020 ----- Started April 2020 Finished December 2020 All chapters published February 2021
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