The 21 Balloons
by William Pene Du Bois
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good/price Clipped
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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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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- Booked Experiences (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023477
- Title
- The 21 Balloons
- Author
- William Pene Du Bois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good/price Clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Printing.
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1955
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- TRAVEL LITERATURE;
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