# Please help me identify this story **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-story/253322 "2004-07-03T02:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-story/253322/1 "2004-07-03T02:43:47Z")
I read a book somewhere between 6th and 8th grades that involved some kids (2? A boy and a girl?) travelling (by rocket?) to a planet very close to the earth. As I recall, the planet was hidden in a dust cloud, and no one else had discovered it. One of their ‘unusual adult-type’ friends turned out to be an alien from this planet, or at least a frequent visitor to it. That’s all I remember. It’s driving me crazy, because I really liked it at the time! Now I can’t remember a damn thing about it!! Any ideas?? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-story/253322/2 "2004-07-03T02:54:03Z")
Was it a Mushroom Planet? [The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316125407/103-8905695-2663001?v=glance) by [Eleanor Cameron](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Cameron%2C%20Eleanor/103-8905695-2663001), perhaps, or another one from that series? ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-story/253322/3 "2004-07-03T03:19:28Z")
I think that might be it. I had a vague notion that mushrooms were somehow involved. I’ll have to track down a copy at the library and make sure. Thanks!