In a simple yet creative way, the writers of the stories in this collection bring alive various characters with whom readers can identify. They paint with words the challenges that these characters experience in their lives. Pablo is pursuing a career that every boy in his neighbourhood believes is for women. He is striving to defeat this stereotype while at the same time trying to overcome financial challenges and stigma. A high school football team is fighting the ghost of tribalism to enable it win. Julia is trying her best to be the odd one out when all her friends are cheating in an examination. Jimo's life is turned upside down by drugs and crime. Wanjiku is trying to overcome the challenges of living in a broken family. Matendere's education is almost brought to a halt by the same people who should be helping fund it at the constituency development fund office. Meanwhile, Rita is struggling to fit in with the current fashion trends while at the same time please her grandmother. Bundotich and his friends at the ghetto are up in arms for being denied water. How each of these characters handles the challenges they are faced with is so realistic that the reader would think it's someone they know. The main aim of the stories is to help young people understand how to resolve conflicts peacefully.