A review by caties_books
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois

4.0

A charming little children's book that I somehow missed out on reading when I was little. A retired school teacher takes a trip in hot air balloon and crashes on the supposedly uninhabited island of Krakatoa to find a utopia of sorts. Billions of dollars worth of diamonds, a "gourmet government", incredibly lavish households, and more. I think I might have heard about this book when I was little, because the name Krakatoa made me excited and I vaguely remember my friends and I make believing we were on Krakatoa. Either way, definitely a worthwhile read for people grades 2-5.