Barnaby Brackett is an eight-year-old boy—ordinary in almost all ways and perfectly obedient. But there is one simple rule— the law of universal gravitation— that he absolutely cannot follow: Barnaby flies. Since birth.
Barnaby’s parents, even more ordinary than their son in almost every way, spent their whole lives dreaming of being the most ordinary people ever. A flying son shattered that dream—and they paid for it: something terrible happened. And from that terrible event began Barnaby Brackett’s journey—an ordinary flying boy—around the world—and even into outer space.
Barnaby Brackett’s whole life—and all his amazing new acquaintances and friends, as well as you and me!—answers a shockingly simple question: Can I be the way I am? Why can’t I? No, I insist!