There were three heroes on the British cruiser Barkham when it docked in Sydney, Australia. They were known throughout the world as "The Stoppers of the Great War." Once was a bulldog named Buckingham. Another was a man named Spider Max. The third was the mysterious Lady Adelaide...
William Pene du Bois, winner of the Newbery Medal for THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS, recounts the fabulous adventures of these three stalwart characters in an exploding world. It is Adelaide, the famous Kangaroo boxing champ, who takes the great leap into the Forbidden Forest. And just how Lady Adelaide and her two devoted friends manage to stop the terrible war is perhaps no more strange than how it got started.
Ages 7 and up.
William Pene du Bois, winner of the Newbery Medal for THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS, recounts the fabulous adventures of these three stalwart characters in an exploding world. It is Adelaide, the famous Kangaroo boxing champ, who takes the great leap into the Forbidden Forest. And just how Lady Adelaide and her two devoted friends manage to stop the terrible war is perhaps no more strange than how it got started.
Ages 7 and up.
