Augustin and the Hot Air Balloon
David Metzenthen

Age range 10-15. Augustin is a poor boy who lives in a barn. Celine is a rich girl who lives in a mighty palace. Together they escape into the sky... Only to land in a world of terrible trouble and dangerous secrets! During the most turbulent times of the French Revolution, two young heroes risk everything for each other, their Queen, and countries... a richly-imagined novel for younger readers based around twenty-four fascinating facts!