Captures the true expressions and feelings of six teenagers from different ethnic backgrounds, exploring their thoughts on life, their feelings toward their own cultures, and their experiences with prejudice and society as a whole.

Six children of six different religious backgrounds--a Christian, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Native American, and a Jew--discuss and explain their beliefs in their faiths and their varied experiences in their daily lives.

In a special version of the popular Appalachian song that includes music, the Sweets await the arrival of an old friend they have not seen for many years--but when she finally arrives, she looks very different than they remembered.