Since her father's death five years ago, Akira Anderson (played by Keke Palmer) has gradually become a "problem girl". She skips classes, plays pranks[Expand All]
Since her father's death five years ago, Akira Anderson (played by Keke Palmer) has gradually become a "problem girl". She skips classes, plays pranks, always goes against her mother Tanya (played by Angela Bassett), and teachers can't do anything about her. In fact, everything Akira, who is already eleven years old, has done stems from her inner loneliness and her longing for her father. She began to be addicted to scrabble games and gradually discovered her talent in this kind of game. Akira's mother, who was busy supporting the family and often neglected her, was very puzzled by this, thinking that she was idling away her time. Fortunately, Akira received support from a mysterious professor (played by Laurence Fishburne), won all the way in the school spelling competition, and successfully got the opportunity to participate in the national spelling competition. With talent and hard work, in one spelling bee after another, Akira found her confidence and self, and met a strong opponent - an Asian boy. The two developed from mutual dislike in competition to mutual appreciation...[Collapse]
