A Place to Call Home : The anger, tears and frustrating runarounds of a Guatemalan adoption case.

With dad proudly watching and the coach shouting his name--"Rico! Rico!"-- a scrawny 12-year-old crouches into position at second base. He is a head shorter than most of his teammates, and darker-skinned, too. The ball bounces toward him through the glare of the lights, and he snaps it up in his glove and fires to first. With his team up 8-0, Rico glances over to the first-base line. Dad smiles. What could be more perfect than a father and son at a Little League game in the Pittsburgh suburbs? Every few months, however, the bliss is shattered when yet another reporter calls wanting to know if it is true: was Rico stolen?

Kathleen and Richard Borz, Rico's parents, ...