The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Du Bois - Fantasy - SFBookcase.com - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.

Series: Misc
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0590569252
Pages: 180 pages
Publisher: Scholastic
Price: 6.99
Reader Rating: 6 out of 10
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The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Du Bois

Description: 3 Weeks after he left San Francisco to cross the Pacific Ocean by balloon, Professor William Waterman Sherman was picked up in the Atlantic clinging the wreckage of a platform flown by 21 balloons. During those weeks his only stop was on Krakatoa, an island full of fantastic balloon inventions and fabulous wealth, destroyed by the most violent volcanic eruption of all time. Professor Sherman's tale of life on Krakatoa is based on scientific fact- and absolute nonsense. Whether his tale is fact or fiction, the author, a good freind of the Professor, leaves up to the reader; but he maintains that every detail is true, no matter how fantastic it may seem!