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The twenty-one balloons,[Newbery Medal-1948]

The adventures of Professor Sherman who, in 1883, left San Francisco in a balloon, landed on a volcanic island, saw diamond mines and incredible natives and was blown home by a volcanic eruption.

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  • "Twenty-one balloons"@en
  • "Twenty one balloons"
  • "Twenty one balloons, The"@en
  • "21 ballonger"@sv
  • "21 Balloons"
  • "Twenty One Balloons"
  • "21 balloons"
  • "21 balloons"@en
  • "Veinte y uno globos"
  • "21 balonů"
  • "21 balloons, The"@en

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  • "Fanciful adventures of Professor Sherman, who leaves on a vacation in a balloon, and lands on a volcanic island in the Pacific. Grades 5-9."
  • "The adventures of Professor Sherman who, in 1883, left San Francisco in a balloon, landed on a volcanic island, saw diamond mines and incredible natives and was blown home by a volcanic eruption."@en
  • "Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who sets of in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic."@en
  • "Relates the 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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Relates the adventures of a professor on an incredible balloon trip."
  • "Relates the adventures of a professor on an incredible balloon trip."@en
  • "Professor Sherman travels the Pacific in his hot air balloon, having incredible adventures and surviving the eruption of a volcano."
  • "Newbery Award, 1937. Grade 6.5, points 8."
  • "Professor William Waterman Sherman leaves San Francisco in a balloon, intending to fly across the Pacific Ocean. Three weeks later he was picked up from the Atlantic Ocean."@en
  • "For one never-to-be-forgotten year Lucinda Wyman (ten years old) was free to explore New York on roller skates. She made friends with Patrick Gilligan and his hansom cab, with Policeman M'Gonegal, with the fruit vendor, Vittore Coppicco and his son Tony, and with many others. All Lucinda's adventures are true and happened to the author herself as is borne out by the occasional pages of Lucinda's diary which are a part of the story."@en
  • "Liberated for a year from her parents' restrictions, ten-year-old Lucinda discovers true freedom in the care of her temporary guardians as she roller skates around the streets of turn-of-the-century New York."
  • "Liberated for a year from her parents' restrictions, ten-year-old Lucinda discovers true freedom in the care of her temporary guardians as she roller skates around the streets of turn-of-the-century New York."@en
  • "Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a giant balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic."@en
  • "This tale relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who in 1883 journeys in a balloon across the Pacific Ocean, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually rescued in the Atlantic Ocean."@en
  • "This tale relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who in 1883 journeys in a balloon across the Pacific Ocean, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually rescued in the Atlantic Ocean."
  • "Three weeks after leaving San Francisco in a balloon to fly across the Pacific, Professor Sherman is picked up in the Atlantic clinging to wreckage."@en
  • "The discoveries and adventures of ten-year old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's."
  • "The discoveries and adventures of ten-year old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's."@en
  • "2 copies in Circulation."
  • "The adventures of 10-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's."
  • "The adventures of a disillusioned schoolteacher who sails across the Pacific Ocean in a giant balloon and witnesses the explosion of the island of Krakota."@en
  • "Professor William Waterman Sherman, a disillusioned schoolteacher, sails in a giant balloon over the Pacific, lands on the island of Krakatoa, and witnesses a stupendous explosion in which that notorious island blows up."@en
  • "Professor William Waterman Sherman left San Francisco on August 15th, 1883, in a balloon, with the intention of flying across the Pacific Ocean. He was picked up three weeks later in the Atlantic Ocean clinging to the wreckage of a platform which had been flown through the air by twenty balloons."
  • "Set in the 1890's, this story follows a ten-year-old tomboy as she spends a year in New York City going everywhere on roller skates."
  • "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."@en
  • "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."
  • "The adventures of a disillusioned schoolteacher who sails across the Pacific Ocean in a giant balloon, and witnesses the explosion of the island of Krakatoa."@en
  • "The adventures of a disillusioned schoolteacher who sails across the Pacific Ocean in a giant balloon, and witnesses the explosion of the island of Krakatoa."
  • "The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's."@en
  • "The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's."
  • "The adventures of a tomboy named Lucinda who enjoyed roller skating to school, and was understood only by one person, Miss Peters."
  • "True story of a little girl's adventure exploring New York."@en
  • "Story of a little girl's adventure exploring New York in the 1890's."@en
  • "Lucinda's year in New York City began when her family went to Europe and left her with Miss Peters--not, thank Heaven, with Aunt Emily and her four docile, ladylike daughters. A delightful story of old New York, about a tombou who could not help be a lady at the same time."
  • "Newbery Awards."@en
  • "Grade level 7.9; Points 6.0."

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  • "Dobrodružné romány"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Children's stories, American"
  • "Children's stories, American"@en
  • "Adventure stories"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Publikace pro mládež"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "History"
  • "Fantastic fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Children's stories"@en

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  • "The twenty-one balloons,[Newbery Medal-1948]"@en
  • "Roller skates.[Newbery Medal-1937]"@en
  • "Tjugoen ballonger"@sv
  • "Tjugoen ballonger"
  • "The Twenty-one balloons"@en
  • "al-Wāḥid wa-al-ʻishrūn manṭādan"
  • "Jedenadvacet balonů"
  • "The Twenty-One Balloons(paperback section)"@en
  • "The 21 balloons"@en
  • "The 21 balloons"
  • "Twenty-one balloons"
  • "Twenty-one balloons"@en
  • "The twenty-one Balloons"
  • "The Twenty-one Balloons"@en
  • "Los 21 globos"@es
  • "Los 21 globos"
  • "The twenty one balloons"@en
  • "The 21 Balloons"@en
  • "The 21 Balloons"
  • "Roller Skates"
  • "The twenty-one balloons"@en
  • "The twenty-one balloons"
  • "Roller skates [Newbery Medal 1937]"
  • "Roller skates"@en
  • "Roller skates"
  • "Die einundzwanzig Ballone"
  • "The twenty-one balloons : Newbery winner"@en
  • "The Twenty-One Balloons"
  • "The twenty-one balloons / M"
  • "The twenty-one balloons. Illus. by the author"@en

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