A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785
A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785
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A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785

Written by Matthew Olshan & illustrated by Sophie Blackall
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4 - 8
Reading age
40
Page count
46
Words per page
~511L
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Oct 11, 2016
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In the year and a half since the flight of the first manned balloon in 1783, an Italian has flown, a Scot has flown, a woman has flown, even a sheep has flown. But no one has flown from one country to another. John Jeffries, an Englishman, and his pilot, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a Frenchman, want to be the first. On January 7, 1785, they set out to cross the English Channel to France in a balloon. All seemed to be going fine, until Jeffries decides the balloon looks too fat and adjusts the air valve―how hard could it be? Too bad he drops the wrench over the side of the aerial car. With no way to adjust the valve, the balloon begins to sink. Jeffries and Blanchard throw as much as they can overboard―until there is nothing left, not even their clothes. Luckily, they come up with a clever (and surprising) solution that saves the day. A VOYAGE IN THE CLOUDS from Matthew Olshan and Sophie Blackall is a journey that will keep kids laughing the whole way.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780374329549
    Publication Date
    October 11, 2016
    Publisher
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux
    Page Count
    40
    Words Per Page
    46
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~511L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~N
    ATOS® Book Level
    3.4
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    186096
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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