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The Brotherhood of Interstellar Dirt

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8
Page count: 26

Author

Tim
Wynne-Jones

Appeared in

War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories

Story Summary

Four twelve-year-old friends constitute the Brotherhood of Interstellar Dirt. Lying on their backs watching the Perseid Shower late at night they hear the revving of engines in the high meadow then, the crash. After phoning the police they discover a small boy abandoned by his father and a car in flames. The newest member of the brotherhood?