I read like half of this book for school. I'm not saying it's a horrible book, but I didn't care for it to much. it was kinda boring.
The 21 Balloons
By William Pene Dubois
Book Reviews (4)
This book tells a story of an annoyed math teacher who wants to get away from the world's limits. He decides that the best way to travel is in a hot air balloon. He goes on a crazy adventure and discovers an "uninhabited" island, Krakatoa. It looks like he will be a prisoner forever, unless he can find a means of escape...
In this book, a man wants to fly around the world in a hot air balloon.On his journey, gun shots start shooting his balloon while hes coming close to an unhabitited island. Is the island really unhabitited, is he going to live?How is he going to save himself? To find out read this book, The 21 Balloons now!
This is a great book. A man is flying on a hot air balloon when suddenly it starts getting shot down.To save himself from falling, he throws stuff overboard. Will he be light enough to keep going? Or will he drown and die? Read the 21 balloons to find out!