Balloonmakers
Author
Author
Series
Balloonmakers volume 1
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When sixteen-year-old Ellie Baum accidentally time-travels via red balloon to 1988 East Berlin, she's caught up in a conspiracy of history and magic. She meets members of an underground guild in East Berlin who use balloons and magic to help people escape over the Wall—but even to the balloon makers, Ellie's time travel is a mystery. When it becomes clear that someone is using dark magic to change history, Ellie must risk everything—including
...Author
Series
Balloonmakers volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Siblings Ilse and Wolf hide a deep secret in their blood: with it, they can work magic. And the government just found out. Blackmailed into service during World War II, Ilse lends her magic to America's newest weapon, the atom bomb, while Wolf goes behind enemy lines to sabotage Germany's nuclear program. It's a dangerous mission, but if Hitler were to create the bomb first, the results would be catastrophic. When Wolf's plane is shot down, his entire...