Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams.Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is everyone's hero. Jackie Robinson is proving that a black man, the grandson of a slave, can make a difference in America and for Shirley as well, on the ball field and off, America becomes the land of opportunity.

王雪莉滿懷夢想從中國搭船來到美國，這裡是她的新家 ──紐約布魯克林。美國，一片充滿驚奇的土地，對一句英文都不會的雪莉而言，交朋友非常困難。可是命運很奇妙，一段棒球奇蹟就這麼展開。1947 年，布魯克林道奇隊的明星球員傑基羅賓森可說是全美民眾的英雄，他證明了身為奴隸後裔的黑人依然能對美國有所貢獻；對雪莉來說也是如此，不論球場上或球場外，美國，是機會之地。