Synopsis

New to a quaint, riverside community, eleven-year-old Dexter and his single mom are quickly shunned when it's learned the boy has AIDS. Next door lives Erik, a lonely latch-key bully who surprisingly initiates a friendship. But trouble soon finds the twosome after they read a tabloid that suggests a New Orleans doctor has a cure. Determined to find him, the boys build a raft and set sail down the mighty Mississippi, "Tom Sawyer" style, in a magical, often hilarious journey that gives Dexter a chance to experience life as it should be lived and will change both boy's lives forever.

"Testament to friendship, loyalty and love."
-- KNBC-TV

"One of those not-to-be-missed movies... smart, funny and poignant."
-- WOR Radio