TY  - BOOK
AU  - Du Bois,William Pène
TI  - The twenty-one balloons
SN  - 9780140320978
AV  - PZ7.D8527 Tw 1986
U1  - [Fic] 22
PY  - 1986///
CY  - New York
PB  - Puffin Books
KW  - Balloons
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Krakatoa (Indonesia)
KW  - Eruption, 1883
N1  - Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1947; Wilson's Children, November 1996; School Library Journal, October 2008; School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.), December 2008; Booklist, September 1995; Horn Book, August 2005; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2005; Teacher Librarian, June 2000; Wilson's Children; Newbery Medal/Honor; School Library Journal; 6.7; Follett Library Resources; 3-6; Follett Library Resources; 3-6; 1070; Lexile
N2  - Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic
ER  -