Memories Cached seeks to document a striking and humorous tale regarding the teenage experience through various vantage points. Based upon semi-anecdotal situations and pure imagination, Memories Cached addresses two types of bullying: the time-tested traditional variety of physical and psychological bullying and the timeless one that Millennials face, cyberbullying.
The novel features dueling male and female narrators, in an unconventional protagonist versus antagonist scenario. The timeline highlights students transitioning from middle school to high school, all set in tropical Singapore. Ranked third in the world behind Latvia and New Zealand for bullying among 15-year-olds by an OECD study in 2015, the sovereign city-state could be replaced by any number of countries in the world for purposes of the plotline. According to the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ranks 16th while South Korean students are reputed be the least bullied among the 50 nations surveyed.
