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10 4 y separately published work icon Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , ( trans. Marja Leskinen with title Paasta pallo lentoon ) Helsinki : Otava , 1971 Z792182 1968 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Three Novels : The Fox Hole; Let the Balloon Go; Over the Top 1975;

Handicapped by cerebral palsy and overprotected by his parents, a twelve-year-old, left alone for the first time, in a desperate need to exert his independence, does precisely what he has been forbidden to do.

(Source: Trove)

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