Prologue 1(6)
Part One: A Monster Hiding
Kalamazoo
7(16)
When I Grow Up
23(10)
A Joyful Kind of Chaos
33(18)
Disquiet
51(11)
The Saddest Place in the World
62(10)
The Holland Thing
72(16)
``Nothing Makes Us So Lonely as Our Secrets''
88(14)
The Answer That Was False, and the Answer That Was True
102(19)
Part Two: A Monster Revealed
Monster
121(5)
Hard Times Give Me Your Open Arms
126(14)
Schuylerese for Beginners
140(11)
To the Mountaintop
151(11)
Bug Fairy
162(5)
Note to Schuyler, Christmas 2004
167(3)
Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords
170(16)
The Island
186(5)
Part Three: A Monster Challenged
Vox
191(9)
The Village
200(21)
A Big Box of Words
221(12)
Speechless
233(8)
Box Class
241(12)
Howl
253(13)
Epilogue 266(5)
Acknowledgments 271(4)
About the Author 275