TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boyne, John
AU  - Jeffers, Oliver
TI  - The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket
SN  - 9780552565769
AV  - PZ7.B69677 
U1  - 823.92 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Corgi
KW  - adventure
KW  - fiction
KW  - being different
N1  - Z
; 980
; Lexile
; Z
; Raz-Plus

N2  - 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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