The Color of Friendship rings a little more after-school special-y than some of the other picks on this list. It follows the story of Mahree, a white girl from South Africa who has lived there during apartheid, as she comes to study abroad in Washington, D.C. She stays at the home of a Black senator and finds herself at odds with his daughter, Piper. Through figuring out their differences, they learn about all of the things they have in common.