Spy in the sky
By: Kathleen Karr ; illustrated by Thomas Yezerski.
Contributors: Yezerski, Thomas, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Lowe, T. S. C. 1832-1913 -- Juvenile Fiction.; Lowe, T. S. C. 1832-1913 -- Fiction.; Hot air balloons -- Fiction.; Orphans -- Fiction.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations -- Juvenile fiction.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations -- Fiction.
Description: When Northerner Thaddeus Lowe lands his huge balloon in South Carolina at the beginning of the Civil War, ten-year-old orphan Ridley Jones joins up with him and the two set out to find a way to use Lowe's balloon to help the North.
Notes: "Ages 8-9"--cover p. [4].