TABLE of CONTENTS

1942

Chapter One: The Sign on the Door

Chapter Two: Pop and the FBI

Chapter Three: The End of Scouting

Chapter Four: A Horse-Stall Hotel

Chapter Five: Tallgrass

Chapter Six: Rice and Fruit Cocktail

1943

Chapter Seven: Poor Mrs. Hayashi

Chapter Eight: Making Friends with the Enemy

Chapter Nine: New Neighbors

Chapter Ten: Buying a Tank

Chapter Eleven: Solving Two Problems

Chapter Twelve: Roy and the Royals

Chapter Thirteen: A Christmas Tree for Carl

1944

Chapter Fourteen: The Tallgrass Sky Quilt

Chapter Fifteen: Pop Comes to Tallgrass

Chapter Sixteen: Pop’s Story

Chapter Seventeen: A Second-Class American

Chapter Eighteen: Pop and the Royals

Chapter Nineteen: Roy Joins the Army

Chapter Twenty: Ruth Picks the Winners

Chapter Twenty-One: What’s Wrong with Tomi?

1945

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Contest

Chapter Twenty-Three: Why Pop Came to America

Chapter Twenty-Four: Roy’s Letter

Chapter Twenty-Five: Tomi’s Essay

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Winner

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Why I Am an American

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Tomi Meets the Governor