About “The twenty-one balloons”
Professor William Waterman Sherman sets out to cross the Pacific Ocean in a hot-air balloon, seeking solitude for a year. After only three weeks, he is found in the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the wreckage of twenty hot-air balloons, leaving the world curious about how he ended up with so many balloons in the wrong ocean.
Awards & honors
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Winner — Newbery Medal Winner
Book details
- Published
- 1947
- Latest edition
- 1947 · ISBN 9780142403303
- ISBN
- 9780142403303
Frequently asked questions
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The twenty-one balloons by William Pène Du Bois has 192 pages.
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