In this young adult novel, the focus is on racism and class differences in a Californian city. Teacher Mr. Otero engages his class in the so-called Color Game to raise their awareness of these very differences. However, the social experiment leads to an identity crisis for Otero's student Amy, who is of Japanese descent. To what extent should she oppose the worldview of her conservative parents? Her relationship with her upper-class, WASP boyfriend also becomes increasingly strained as Amy begins to question the differences in background and gender between them. Learning to stay true to oneself while standing up for the rights of others! That is Amy's story.

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