Dixie Taylor

Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.

An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.