Although they do not like each other at first, two girls who take piano lessons from the same teacher, share friendship with twin sisters, and have their own personal problems each gradually find their feelings about the other changing.
Ernestine and Amanda, two African-American twelve-year-olds growing up under segregation in the 1950s, are brought together when the all black dance studio where they take lessons is attacked by vandals.
Ernestine and Amanda, two African-American girls growing up in the 1950s, don't get along but can't quite hate each other either, as they start a new school year filled with sleepover parties, new clubs, and surprising new friends.