I got this book from my siblings, heard they read it in preparation for an exam JAMB -Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, an exam in Nigeria which enables you to get admission into a higher institution.
This was a really great read, short finished it in one day, but interesting and filled with a lot of lessons. The writers style was fluid and I really loved it. I actually wanted more.
Jimi is a bright student, athlete, all round perfect kid. In his finals at his secondary school, Forcados High, we are taken through his ordeals as a finalist. His life has been perfect until now, he sees all that glitters ain’t gold.
From his senior brothers crazy lifestyle, to his dad’s stifled relationship with his family, to his mums health problems. Life deals him a heavy blow and at the end he has to learn how to survive and be better.
I loved this book, I could relate completely to some of the characters, from having friends who I felt were better than myself, to being an outcast as a student due to certain acts I supposedly committed or crimes against me.
I also loved how the author expressed some strong themes in form of advices/lessons to the young mind; rape, love, family, health conditions like asthma, cancer, the girl child and her travails, and so many others.
A totally great read for the young minds, you should definitely read this as well as give a child today.
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