The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket / by John Boyne : illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

By:

Boyne, John

Contributor(s):

Jeffers, Oliver [illustrator ]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Corgi ; 2012.Description: 277 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:

9780552565769

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

823.92

LOC classification:

PZ7.B69677

Contents:

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus TTP Secondary Fiction Bookshelves	Fiction	BOY 823.92 PZ7.B69677 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	FISSE01925

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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