DANTE
Dante Gallo was so excited he couldn’t stay still in his seat on the 1932 Ford Model B school bus. He and his classmates were all excited. Old Mrs. Cassar and Fräulein Schmidt were taking them on a field trip to see the mysterious caves that stored ancient human bones. Lots of them! Though Dante had lived in Malta his entire life (nine years so far) and had heard all about the caves, he had never seen the bone room.
allThe students were shoulder to shoulder on the bus with three sitting in most seats. Dante sat with his best friend, Fernando Lopez, who at fifteen was the strongest boy in the school. Dante had a new Brownie camera, a Christmas present from his uncle, hung from a cord around his neck. Uncle Fabio lived in Rome and was very wealthy. He had told Dante that the 1938 cam
