Amanda has been looking forward to starting sixth grade and becoming a buddy to a cute first-grader. But when she’s instead assigned to Lars, the new kid in class who has Down syndrome, things get complicated. Can she become friends with Lars, who is funny and different? What will her friends say? Amanda gives in to peer pressure, and suddenly, she has let down both Lars and herself. How can she make things right and show Lars that she truly is his friend, not a bully?