Book 1999

The silver balloon

4.01 22 readers shelved it

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Language: English
Published: 1999

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Nature stories
Friendship
Fiction
Natural history
Children's fiction
Balloons, fiction
Friendship, fiction

When fourth-grader Gregory releases a helium-filled balloon into the sky with his name and address attached, it leads to an unusual friendship and an exchange of mystery gifts.

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