The Big Balloon Race

~Summary~

Ariel is the main character in this book. One day, she got up early and hurried to her mother's room. The reason why she did that she wanted to go up in the balloon race. In 1882, they had the big race of balloon in a year and the day was the race day! However, Carlotta who is Ariel's mother disallowed that because Ariel was too young.

After the race's opening ceremony, Carlotta ordered the man so he let go of the ropes and her balloon took off to the blue sky. Then, Ariel waked up from inside the Odds and Ends box. Of course, Carlotta was very surprised but their balloon had been in the sky yet so Ariel couldn't go back to the ground.

And then, Ariel and her mother overcame a lot of accidents and tried to finish the race. But unfortunately, their balloon plunked into the water so they started to cry because they thought that they lost the race. However, the ending, Ariel and Carlotta could win the race and they were given a gold medal by the mayor.

Last, Carlotta hugged her daughter and said that Ariel were old enough to fly in the sky!

~Impression~

I think this book tells me that bonds of parent and child is important to do something. For example, Ariel helped her mother to finish the race when they had some problems about their balloon. From the reason, they could finish it and become a winner.

Additionally, the part of ending, Carlotta recognized Ariel as a racer in the balloon race. I think it is good thing for Ariel because she could have confidence about her doing!

So, I think this book is good.