In Japan it was the custom that well brought-up Japanese girls didn't speak to strangers and especially not to foreigners. Yoshiko knew this custom, but when she was approached by a young American Air Force officer who was totally lost on a crowded Tokyo train, she decided that she would help him. She found herself wanting to help him even more when the passengers find great humor in his very mixed up Japanese language. Little did Yoshiko know that this young man would bring a great change to her life. He would also win favor with her father as the story unfolded.

Mimi Otey Little shares her family history with the reader who will delight in the way two cultures will become one through the love shared by Yoshiko and the young American. By reading this story children will gain an understanding that differences can be a bridge that unites two people who are worlds apart.

Differences + Love = Unity of Two People/Unity of Two Worlds in the book Yoshiko and the Foreigner.

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