Books · children's novel · 1947

The Twenty-One Balloons

Name: The Twenty-One Balloons
Author: William Pène du Bois
ISBN: 9780140320978

William Pène du Bois, 1947

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Mad Men · S4 E5 · Sally Draper

Sally's Newbery winner: The Twenty-One Balloons

Du Bois won the 1948 Newbery Medal for this one, about a retired teacher who sets off in a balloon and lands on Krakatoa, where the islanders are sitting on a secret diamond mine. It ends with the volcano. Sally's home life in 1965 has a lot in common with the volcano.

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