{"id":118,"date":"2018-10-29T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T17:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=118"},"modified":"2018-10-28T10:16:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T17:16:04","slug":"up-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/up-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Up & Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly<\/a>
\nby Don Brown (Author \/ Illustrator)<\/p>\n

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Booktalk:<\/strong> Swept up by the European ballooning craze of the 1780s, Dr. John Jeffries longed to become the first person to fly across the English Channel. But first he had to outwit a rascally copilot, keep the balloon from bursting, and avoid crashing into the sea.<\/p>\n

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\"Nonfiction<\/p>\n

It’s Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly by Don Brown (Author \/ Illustrator) Booktalk: Swept up by the European ballooning craze of the 1780s, Dr. John Jeffries longed to become the first person to fly across the English Channel. But first he had to outwit a rascally copilot, keep the … <\/p>\n

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