<P> On the East End , Jeffrey runs by a school and meets with a black girl his age named Amanda Beale ( Kyla Pratt ) . Jeffrey first assumes she 's running away since she 's carrying a large suitcase , but Amanda tells him that it 's her luggage of various books . Amanda asks Jeffrey if he knows where he is given his skin color and Jeffrey tells her no . Afterwards , he urges her to let him borrow a book to read and promises to bring it back to her . Jeffrey goes to read the book under a tree and catches the eye of a bully Mars Bar Thompson ( Orlando Brown ) and his friend Bump Gilliam ( Shan Elliot ) . Mars goes to pick a fight with Jeffrey , ripping the page out of Amanda 's book in the process . Amanda comes over and scolds Mars for doing that and sends him away . Amanda takes Jeffrey over to her house so he can fix her book . He tapes it up perfectly Amanda could barely see where it was torn at . Jeffrey meets Amanda 's mother Martha ( Rolonda Watts ) who assumes Jeffrey is n't from the area . When Amanda asks if he can stay for dinner , her mother does n't allow it until her younger children , boy and girl twins Lester and Ester , urges that they want him to stay around . After dinner , Mr. Beale ( Richard Lawson ) goes to drive Jeffrey home only to discover along the way he does n't have a home to go to . He goes to take Jeffrey back to the house and has a talk with Martha showing concerns about him being there . Martha persuades him to let Jeffrey stay and wins him over . Jeffrey is allowed to stay for a while . </P>
<P> On the East End , Jeffrey runs by a school and meets with a black girl his age named Amanda Beale ( Kyla Pratt ) . Jeffrey first assumes she 's running away since she 's carrying a large suitcase , but Amanda tells him that it 's her luggage of various books . Amanda asks Jeffrey if he knows where he is given his skin color and Jeffrey tells her no . Afterwards , he urges her to let him borrow a book to read and promises to bring it back to her . Jeffrey goes to read the book under a tree and catches the eye of a bully Mars Bar Thompson ( Orlando Brown ) and his friend Bump Gilliam ( Shan Elliot ) . Mars goes to pick a fight with Jeffrey , ripping the page out of Amanda 's book in the process . Amanda comes over and scolds Mars for doing that and sends him away . Amanda takes Jeffrey over to her house so he can fix her book . He tapes it up perfectly Amanda could barely see where it was torn at . Jeffrey meets Amanda 's mother Martha ( Rolonda Watts ) who assumes Jeffrey is n't from the area . When Amanda asks if he can stay for dinner , her mother does n't allow it until her younger children , boy and girl twins Lester and Ester , urges that they want him to stay around . After dinner , Mr. Beale ( Richard Lawson ) goes to drive Jeffrey home only to discover along the way he does n't have a home to go to . He goes to take Jeffrey back to the house and has a talk with Martha showing concerns about him being there . Martha persuades him to let Jeffrey stay and wins him over . Jeffrey is allowed to stay for a while . </P>
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Amanda Beale ( Kyla Pratt )
Amanda Beale ( Kyla Pratt )