The Twenty-One Balloons
by Pene du Bois, William
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670734411
- ISBN 13
- 9780670734412
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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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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- Bookseller
- Wonder Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E12O-00151
- Title
- The Twenty-One Balloons
- Author
- Pene du Bois, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0670734411
- ISBN 13
- 9780670734412
- Publisher
- Viking Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1947-09-14
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