The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pene du Bois
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- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- Seller
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Lewiston, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
When Professor William Waterman Sherman leaves San Francisco in a hot-air balloon, he intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean, but instead he lands on Krakatoa.
Synopsis
The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948. The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions. The events and ideas are based both on scientific fact and imagination, and the descriptions are accompanied by illustrations by du Bois.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timeless Words (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 290
- Title
- The Twenty-One Balloons
- Author
- William Pene du Bois
- Illustrator
- William Pene du Bois
- Format/Binding
- Intact
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Advanced, Chapter Books, Man, Balloons
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