MAIN CHARACTERS
Amaka, an African girl- Amaka lives in a village in Mombasa, Kenya. Her father Nywegu was killed in a war. Her father owed people a lot of money and therefore when he died all their cattle and other material things were given to his debtors. Her mother fell apart when her father died, so Amaka has to work on their family farm to provide for herself, her mother and her two younger brothers. Being the only female child in her family, she is expected to get married to a wealthy man who would provide for herself and her family. Chief Ngugi of a neighbouring village wants to make her his sixth (6th) wife but she always refuses. She speaks her native language, Swahili, but she can also speak English. She is a very good dancer even though she comes from an impoverished family as she learns by watching others. She has a photographic memory and has dark brown almond shaped eyes. Amaka has charcoal black hair which is cut in a short crop. Her skin is like dark chocolate and her lips are shaped like toffee. Amaka tells her best friend Nshira all about her problems, but little does she know that her own best friend is jealous of the fact that Chief Ngugi likes Amaka and she secretly desires to marry Chief Ngugi.
Star, a New York girl- Star is an only child whose parents are overprotective of her. She is from a well-off family in Queens so her parents do not let her out much at night. This leads to her feeling a bit rebellious at times. She is extremely flexible due to her previous study of gymnastics and ballet as a child. She is a straight-A student at New YorkUniversity majoring in language arts and especially enjoys Greek and Latin which she speaks fluently. Her teacher Mr Braiser helps her with some of her academic problems and she looks up to him as a role model because he helps her with her problems. She has long waist length blonde hair, blue eyes and a slight profile with long limbs. She has pale pink lips and a pointed nose. Her best friend Natasha listens to her and covers up for her when she is in trouble as they are like sisters despite their differences in colour, size and age.
Alexandriella, a girl from the year 3013- Alexandriella is the daughter of a rich trillionaire. She is a bit of as stuck-up snob and is seen as second best to her twin brother, Alexandèr by her parents. Though she is really good at swimming, yoga, karate, exotic dancing and rope climbing they do not notice as they focus on her brother who wins races, tournaments and competitions. She does not like being called Alexandriella and tells everyone she meets to call her Alex. Juan calls her Ella which makes her smile. Alexandriella personally dislikes Suzanna Mistry, her brother's girlfriend and the feeling is mutual. Alexandriella has dark black eyes, soot black hair and full pouty lips. She has three best friends; Juan, who she normally spends her time with, and Juana and Juanita who usually spend time with each other. These triplets are her cook Thula's children. Alexandriella goes to Thula and Lee for advice. Alexandriella is very competitive which sometimes gets out of hand. Even though she doesn't dress it, she is also a bit of a tomboy as she hangs out with Juan a lot and is very aggressive.