The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket
Oliver Jeffers, John Boyne
Subjects
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
- Fairy Tales - myths, legends and folklore from way back
Average rating
There’s nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family – and they’re keen to keep it that way. But when Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it’s clear he’s anything but ordinary. To his parents’ horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity – and floats.
Soon, the Brockets decide enough is enough. The neighbours are starting to talk. They never asked for a weird, abnormal, floating child. Barnaby has to go . . .
Betrayed and frightened, 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.
Reviews
This was definitely in my top three favourite books!! It has an amazing storyline that had an ending which made me cry happy tears. The adventure and places that Barnaby went to were extraordinary and I would 100% recommend this book.
Viscountess Mildred Borchester-Smythe 31.08.2024
I liked all the people who helped him liked Liam and the circus people as they don't care that he can float. I would recommend it to people who are 7 or above as to is very funny.
Captain Petronella Foxtail 19.07.2021
The book is about a boy called Barnaby Brocket who lives in Sydney, but disobeys the law of gravity and floats around when he doesn't have something pulling him down to the ground. Barnaby's parents were very cruel to him because they didn't want to be famous and appear on every newspaper they looked at, so one day they took him out and his mother couldn't accept the exception so she cut the rucksack full of sand for him to fly away in the sky and here started his adventure. Barnaby met a lot of people that are different in many ways. The moral of this story: it's fine to be different. My favorite character is Barnaby Brocket for the reason that he bared forgiving his mother for ripping his rucksack and letting him fly in the sky. I would recommend this book to people aged 7 and up.
Anonymous 08.09.2020
"The Terrible Thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket" was a funny but somewhat sad book. The story starts with The birth of Barnaby Brocket, which soon started to float up to the ceiling. The mother and father take pride in having a normal family, and felt extremely uncomfortable with a floating child. The mother ends up being so stressed that she ended up letting go of Barnaby, who was caught by some people in a hot-air balloon.
Anonymous 16.08.2020
I thought this was very good because the character ended up in loads of different places and it explained about how people treat others that are different to them
Sir Natty Foxtail 11.08.2020
unpredictable!
Anonymous 19.08.2015
An amazing packed adventure as you go off with Barnaby. A boy who floats, finds himself being the shame of his family. Even his parents dislike him. Higher and higher he floats, when will he stop? Great book for anyone who enjoys adventure - comedy books! :)
Anonymous 15.08.2015
I loved this book because it showed that it is okay to be different and stand out from the crowd, exactly what Barnaby Brocket did! I also enjoyed this book because it tells you that if you try to be normal and turn your nose up at anything slightly different you will live a boring life. Alistair and Eleanor Brocket do normal jobs, have normal children, live in a normal house, on a normal street, in a normal town. Well that is until their youngest child comes into the world. You see Barnaby, the youngest of the Brocket children, is very strange (in a special way). I won't tell you how, you'll have to find out for yourself. I recommend this book to anyone aged 9 - 11
Anonymous 31.07.2015
brilliant sad and happy story
Anonymous 07.09.2014
This book was really innocent and cute the main character is really cheerful while all these terrible things are happening!!
Anonymous 26.08.2014
It's a touching and moving story. It also has a very important moral, beauty is in the eye of the beholder ( people may see you as weird but to your self you are completely normal. A very good read. I recommend readers over the age of 9 years old to read this book , as it is quite complicated and some readers just aged 9 won't understand it properly.
Anonymous 06.08.2014
You should read this book because it makes you wonder what's going to happen next. It's full of excitement.
Anonymous 05.08.2014
This book is full of amazing quirky characters that seem to jump off the page, and has a touching plot which will stay with you forever.
Anonymous 08.07.2014
