The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket /
Boyne, John
The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket / by John Boyne : illustrated by Oliver Jeffers - London : Corgi ; 2012. - 277 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm .
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Fantasy. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. HTML:
Barnaby Brocket is an ordinary 8-year-old boy in most ways, but he was born different in one important way: he floats. Unlike everyone else, Barnaby does not obey the law of gravity. His parents, who have a horror of being noticed, want desperately for Barnaby to be normal, but he can't help who he is. And when the unthinkable happens, Barnaby finds himself on a journey that takes him all over the world. From Brazil to New York, Canada to Ireland, and even to space, the floating boy meets all sorts of different people--and discovers who he really is along the way.
This whimsical novel will delight middle graders, and make readers of all ages question the meaning of normal.
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980
Lexile
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Raz-Plus
9780552565769
adventure--fiction
being different--fiction
PZ7.B69677
823.92
The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket / by John Boyne : illustrated by Oliver Jeffers - London : Corgi ; 2012. - 277 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm .
Z
Fantasy. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. HTML:
Barnaby Brocket is an ordinary 8-year-old boy in most ways, but he was born different in one important way: he floats. Unlike everyone else, Barnaby does not obey the law of gravity. His parents, who have a horror of being noticed, want desperately for Barnaby to be normal, but he can't help who he is. And when the unthinkable happens, Barnaby finds himself on a journey that takes him all over the world. From Brazil to New York, Canada to Ireland, and even to space, the floating boy meets all sorts of different people--and discovers who he really is along the way.
This whimsical novel will delight middle graders, and make readers of all ages question the meaning of normal.
.
980
Lexile
Z
Raz-Plus
9780552565769
adventure--fiction
being different--fiction
PZ7.B69677
823.92