Description
Product ID: | 9780142403303 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Puffin Modern Classics |
Title: | The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics) |
Authors: | Author: William Pene du Bois |
Page Count: | 192 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A Newbery Medal Winner Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal, this classic fantasy-adventure is now available in a handsome new edition. "William Pene du Bois combines his rich imagination, scientific tastes, and brilliant artistry to tell astory that has no age limit."—The Horn Book |
Imprint Name: | Puffin |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2005-04-21 |