The Grass And Clay Field

12-year-old Roy Ocallahans Plan To Be The Pitcher For His Fathers Little League Team, Play At The Little League World Series And Finally Get The Girl Of His Dreams Was Right On Track Until The Refugees Arrived. Not Only Was The Refugees' Middle Eastern Culture Foreign To The Small, Southern Town Of Taylor, West Virginia, So Was Their Sport Which Sounded Like It Was Named After An Insect.despite Initial Resistance To The Strangers In His School, Roy Soon Recognizes The Similarities Between The Sport He Loves And Theirs. After Being Passed Over As Pitcher By His Father, Roy Befriends The Orphaned Refugee Boys To Learn Their Game And Teach Them His Own.