Sirrah Keyarra Torielle Winters is adopted by a wealthy family at the tender age of five. It is a dream come true until her peers begin ridiculing her dark skin and her so-called family, set her further apart away from the only place she called home. Sirrah becomes determined to search for her mother, filled with a hope she may finally find someone, someone to accept accepted. Will she ever find peace with the skin she has grown to hate? Or will she find the courage to have the love for the only skin she will ever have?

Beckham O'Neil has been moved from foster home to foster home, nothing in his life has been stable for him, except for his running. Everyone has him stereotyped as the quiet trouble-maker that sits in the back of the class. The only two people that are willing to give him a chance are Lacy, the nice studious girl, and Coach Westcott, who makes him join the football team.