Sweet adaptation of Jerry Spinelli's novel about an orphaned white boy (Michael Angarano) whose friendship with a black girl (Kyla Pratt) leads to the tearing down of racial boundaries in a segregated Pennsylvania town. Mr. Cobble: Garrett Morris. Big John: Adam Hendershott. Mars Bar: Orlando Brown. Mrs. Beale: Rolanda Watts. Mr. Beale: Richard Lawson. Bump Gilliam: Shan Elliott. Narrator: Jada Pinkett Smith. Dad McNab: Rip Torn. Piper: Isaiah Griffin. Russell: Brandon Depaul.