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The Silent Dust

Story Stats

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

Author

Keith R. A.
DeCandido

Appeared in

Brave New Girls: Adventures of Gals and Gizmos

Story Summary

Connie de la Vega is just a technician but she knows better that to hand her engineer the Owuro instead of the Chang to fix the Nakadai Lunar Scooter. When the scooter fails again and it is discovered that Connie's engineer lied to make it look like it was her fault, Connie is offered a free ride at Bhatnagar Technical Institute, the most prestigious engineering institute in the solar system.