The story presents an elderly white couple that raises a black baby. The baby's name is Sunshine and he cannot see. The child is lucky enough to gain a teacher named Kel. Sunshine learns karate, the power of colour, free thinking, how his body works, the importance of exercise, health and the difference between knowledge and wisdom. More importantly he learns his relationship with nature, and that his five senses do not control only his mind and body, but cause physical changes in human evolution.