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"Tom Sawyer Abroad" is Mark Twain's 1894 novel featuring Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. A sequel to Twain's famous "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", this parody of a classic adventure story follows Tom, Jim and Huck as they journey by hot air balloon to Africa, where they encounter all manner of excitement and danger. A wonderful example of Twain's unforgettable work not to be missed by fans of the timeless Tom Sawyer series. Samuel Langhorne Clemens...
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The boxcar children mysteries volume 47
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Benny wants adventure and finds it as he and the other Alden children help uncover the plan of those who would prevent ballooning from coming to Lloyd's Landing.
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"The Aeronauts is the true story behind the forthcoming Major Motion Picture of the death-defying adventures of pioneering Victorian balloonist and scientist James Glaisher. In 1862, ambitious scientist James Glaisher set out to do the impossible: ascend higher into the skies than ever before to establish his ground-breaking research. Glaisher's death-defying journey forms the story of the forthcoming Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts, starring Eddie...
5) A voyage in the clouds: the (mostly) true story of the first international flight by balloon in 1785
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"A picture book inspired by the true story of how the first international flight was an Englishman and a French man who rode in a balloon across the English Channel"--
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Your First Adventure - By Balloon to the Sahara by D. Terman takes YOU and your two best friends on a magical hot air balloon adventure across the hot and dangerous Saharan desert. Will you find an oasis in time, or will you drift toward the sea. Adapted from the bestselling Choose Your Own Adventure book where YOU choose what happens next to reach four happy endings. Illustrated by French artist Kalon Sardin.
17) Balloon trip
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A boy and girl accompany their uncle on a hot-air balloon trip that lifts off from a meadow, crosses a great city, and comes to a safe landing just ahead of a summer storm.
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