The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket
Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-01 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: Random House UK Theres nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal. respectable and proud of it. they turn up their noses at anyone different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world. its clear hes anything...
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Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-01 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: Random House UK Theres nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal. respectable and proud of it. they turn up their noses at anyone different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world. its clear hes anything but ordinary. To his parents horror. Barnaby defies the laws of gravity - and floats. Barnaby tries to keep both feet on the ground. but he just cant do it. One fateful day. the Brockets decide enough is enough. They never asked for a weird. abnormal. floating child. Barnaby has to go ... Betrayed. frightened and alone. Barnaby floats into the path of a very special hot air balloon - and so begins a magical journey around the world. with a cast of extraordinary new friends.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780552565769 (0552565768)
Publish date: March 28th 2013
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
This is quite a sad book.To read it as an adult had me close to tears. That Barnaby's parents could be so awful, could resent him so much...But if I'd read this as a child I think it would have been a wonderful adventure. To float, to go anywhere, to inadvertently travel the world and meet so many d...
Sjeesh, his parents are really mean aren't they? OMG my kid isn't normal, lets just dump him. *rolls eyes*And I didn't like Barnaby at all times, sometimes he just seemed to be much older than he is. Also that he didn't seem to understand that his parents dumped him, I think it would be clear, given...
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