The Third Balloon

By Derek Richard Denton

A balloon, a thing of delight available in any one of a range of dazzling colours, is really a simple thing. Go to almost any fair and you will see them at stalls, tethered like wild creatures. For a modest sum you can buy one and, if the fancy takes you, you may set it free.

So, look at them floating there, filled with helium, eager to be up and away. You have to admit they are fun, they are pure delight, they are a source of innocent joy. But for Richard Thompson, at his school fair, he should never have chosen the third balloon. For the third balloon was something very different indeed.
Very soon the Thompson boy was in trouble, as was his sister, Andrea, their teacher Miss Pirong, and a whole lot of other people.

This tale of magic is not about spells. It is about the unpredictable. And if you are hoping to control it, then perhaps you will need all the luck in the world, and then some.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Derek Richard Denton
• Release date: Aug 8, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476079431

Derek Richard Denton

OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR (Published By John Goodchild Publishers in hardback) Don't Go Near The Magic Shop Hider and Seekers The House in the Dunes Coping with Politics (non-fiction in paperback) AUTHOR'S NOTE: The above titles (hard back and paperback) are now largely out of print, but some have been published in Spanish, Italian, Swedish, French, and Greek. The film rights of Hiders and Seekers were sold but the work was never brought to the screen, alas. Hey ho, the wind and the rain. On Kindle are: A Permissible Deception (crime fiction) - now retitled The Double Cousin The Haunting of Rakers Wood (ghost story with love interest)) Mindgames Unlimited (science fiction for teenagers and young adults) The Third Balloon (juvenile fiction – magic and school adventure) The King of a Far Off Country

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