This month is the beginning of the atomic bomb drills, which have always seems stupid and pointless to Holling. Kowalski and Associates gets the architecture job at Yankee Stadium instead of HoodHood and Associates. After his sister and Dad have a big argument, his sister decides to run away from home with Chit to support Bobby Kennedy. Mr. HoodHood gets a Ford Mustang Convertible and Mrs. Baker take shoaling on a field trip around the important sites of Long Island. They come to a church and Holling lights a candle for his sister. Later, he receives a call from her in the middle of the night telling him that she is alone and does not have enough money to purchase a bus ticket from Minneapolis to Long Island. Holling wakes up early in the morning and uses his own savings bond to pay the fee. They meet and spend the day in New York City then return home. Holling goes on a field trip with Mrs. Baker around Long Island. In the end of the chapter, Mrs. Baker receives a telegram that informs her that her husband is safe and coming home soon just in time for the strawberries.
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