© Slovart, 2013
There’s nothing unusual about the Brockets. Alistair and Eleanor Brocket, once groomed for stardom, are fiercely proud of their boring, conventional lives and turn up their noses at anyone strange or different. But from the moment their third child is born, it's clear he's anything but normal. To the horror and shame of his parents, Barnaby appears to defy the laws of gravity: he floats.
Little Barnaby is a lonely child – after all, it's hard to make friends when you're ten feet in the air. Desperate to please his parents, he does his best to stop floating, but he just can't do it. Then, one fateful day, Barnaby's mother decides enough is enough. Emptying the sand out of Barnaby's backpack that kept him weighted to the ground, the family releases him into the air. Betrayed, frightened and alone, he floats into the path of a very special hot air balloon. And so begins a magical journey which takes him from home in Sydney to Rio, New York, Toronto, Dublin, and even into space. Along the way, Barnaby meets a cast of truly extraordinary new friends and realises that nothing can make you happier than being who you are.
This quirky novel for young readers features beautiful black and white line and wash illustrations by artist Oliver Jeffers.
Doubleday 2012
Translated into: Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian
Simon Trewin
William Morris Agency
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Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian