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The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics)
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The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics) Paperback - 2005

by Pene du Bois, William

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This classic by the Newbery Medal-winning author relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific. Illustrations.

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Penguin Young Readers Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics)
  • Author Pene du Bois, William
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group, New York
  • Date 2005-04-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4999103-6
  • ISBN 9780142403303 / 014240330X
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.6 x 5.26 x 0.53 in (16.76 x 13.36 x 1.35 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 1070
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Catalog Heading: Classics
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
  • Library of Congress subjects Adventure and adventurers, Adventure stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006272600
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Professor William Waterman Sherman just wants to be alone. So he decides to take a year off and spend it crossing the Pacific Ocean in a hot-air balloon the likes of which no one has ever seen. But when he is found after just three weeks floating in the Atlantic among the wreckage of twenty hot-air balloons, naturally, the world is eager to know what happened. How did he end up with so many balloons . . . and in the wrong ocean?

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An absurd and fantastic tale. . . . Truth and fiction are cleverly mingled. (School Library Journal)

About the author

William Pne du Bois (1916-1993) was an American writer and illustrator who is best remembered for his books for young readers. He was one of the founders of The Paris Review and illustrated books by Jules Verne, John Steinbeck, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Charlotte Zolotow, and others. He won the 1948 Newbery Medal for The Twenty-One Balloons and received two Caldecott Honors for his illustrations for Bear Party and Lion.