The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics)
by William Pene du Bois
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 014240330X
- ISBN 13
- 9780142403303
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Penguin Young Readers Group, 2005. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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- Title
- The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics)
- Author
- William Pene du Bois
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 7
- ISBN 10
- 014240330X
- ISBN 13
- 9780142403303
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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