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I love the writing, the premise, and the illustrations. - Goodreads The ending is stupid and not a conclusion at all. - Goodreads What a fun story with wonderful illustrations. - Goodreads I loved its strangeness and storytelling. - Goodreads Filled with cool pictures too :D - Goodreads my introduction to utopian/paradise lost books. - Goodreads User Review - Flag as inappropriate This was an AMAZING book. It was very fascinating with all of the diamonds and foods. This is a must read book. Review: The Twenty-one BalloonsUser Review - Ivan - GoodreadsA preposterous adventure story if ever there was one. Professor Sherman leaves San Francisco is a balloon and end up on the island of Krakatoa where he meets twenty families who share the island, its ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesasked attached Balloon Merry-Go-Round balloon platform balloonist balustrade basket house boats Captain Simon chairs Chief Surgeon Club comfortable diamond mines dishes earth Elizabeth Marie Pope fabulous feel floor flying freighter garbage Gentlemen Globe ground hoses huge hydrogen idea inventions Island of Krakatoa Joseph Tomes jungle live livingroom looked loon Margaret Mahy Mayor miles minutes Month of Lamb morning Moroccan mountain move night numbers Pacific Ocean Petit Trianon picked pole pounds Presidential train Professor Sherman Professor William Waterman pull restaurant rookworst ropes Rosemary Sutcliff rumbling San Francisco Scott Fitzgerald sea gull seemed ship sight sort started story suddenly Sunda Strait talk tell took trip Turkish coffee Twenty-One Balloons volcanic walked Western American Explorers William Waterman Sherman wind York Tribune Bibliographic information |