The Laundromat at the Edge of the Universe

When a meteorite blasts thirteen-year-old Jasper Snert's house into a million smithereens, his parents tell him it's time to get a job. They didn't have meteorite insurance. They need money for a new house. But new houses aren't cheap, and the only job Jasper can find is cleaning up around the old laundromat out on Highway 51. The pay is low, but Jasper is determined to help anyway he can. The laundromat is a strange, lonely place. When the weird old washing machine repairman explains that ...