Members of two sixth-grade softball teams face each other in a long-awaited game. Shazam can't forgive her father's death at Pearl Harbor (8 years ago) and, consequently, can't forgive Aki, a Japanese American girl on the opposing team. Tension mounts and explodes, resulting in injuries to the girls and their communities. Told in the strong, individual voices of the twenty-one girls, this insightful and suspenseful commentary powerfully represents prejudice and the long-lasting impact of war.