Dean Hughes

Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.

While his father is missing in action in the Pacific during World War II, twelve-year-old Jay moves with his mother to small-town Utah, where he sees prejudice from both sides, as a part-Navajo himself and through an unlikely friendship with Japanese American Ken from the nearby internment camp.

Three third-grade rookies who make the Little League baseball team aren't immediately accepted by the older players.

Because Lian Jie is so small, no one on the Dodgers takes him seriously, until they realize he's a baseball expert.

Jackie Willis hopes to convince the coach of the basketball team in Angel Park that she can play as well as the boys.

When she finds that she is no longer taller than most of the other players, Heidi has to adjust to playing wing instead of striker.

Having failed to get their applications in for the middle school summer baseball league, Robbie and Trent scramble to find a sponsor, a coach, and enough players to form their own team.

When Jacob loses his lucky charm, he's convinced he'll never be able to bat, field, or throw again until he finds it.

Brian Waters is so nervous that he can't seem to do anything right on his little league team, the Angel Park Dodgers, but a pep talk from a big league star psyches him up to make a winning catch.

When the Angel Park Dodgers get so rattled by the Reds that they can hardly play baseball, rookie Jacob attempts to relax them with meditation exercises he finds in a sports psychology book.