The central character is Chris Eisman, a teenage Okanagan Indian adopted as a child by Louis Eisman, a LAPD drug squad officer and his wife Marion Stewart, a TV investigative reporter. Early in the story, drug pushers murder Louis Eisman. Marion is critically injured in the same attack and ends up in a coma.
Through his high school rock band, Chris is introduced to L.A.'s drug scene.
Bert Stewart, Marion's father, seeks revenge for his son-in-law's murder and the grievous injury suffered by his daughter at the hands of the drug pushers. Bert is a rugged retired sheriff and ex –WW II fighter pilot, a man of action who hates the drug scene. Bert teams up with his adopted grandson Chris in what becomes an intense crusade to track down the killers and eliminate a major drug ring preying on teenagers. To achieve their goals, Bert and Chris work from Bert's RV, which is loaded with classified high-tech NASA electronic equipment.
Chris falls in love with Sandy, a black streetwise ghetto survivor involved with her drug-dealing brother, Leon, leader of the Crips street gang. Chris and Sandy, well intentioned, bright and idealistic, are torn between the moral imperatives of their very different backgrounds.
Chris, Sandy and Bruce, a self-deluded and comically pathetic drug pusher, entrap the drug cartel through manipulation of the LAPD. Hunted by both, they are forced to flee to Chris' ancestral home on the Okanagan Indian Reserve, where the relationship between Chris and Sandy blossoms, and where Bruce finds inner strength and self-integrity.
The three return to L.A. They forge a temporary alliance between the Crips and the Bloods. In a climactic finale they battle the drug ring.
The drug world in L.A. can be a violent world. Sex is a driving force among teenagers. Violent and sexual scenes will be suitable for a PG 14 audience.
Red and Yellow, Black and White is a fast-paced positive story. Through mixed colors and cultures uniting for the common good, it brings out the redemptive powers of self-discovery in an environment, which encourages values and behaviors lost in the haze of L.A.