The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pène Du Bois
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 1947
Word Count 33,649
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1070L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 91, 6 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Voyages and travels--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Krakatoa (Indonesia)
- Balloons
- Voyages and travels
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883
- Balloons--Fiction
- Eruption, 1883
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Lists With This Book
- Sample: FL Paths to College and Career
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John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 1948
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