Oliver Jeffers
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Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.
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English
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The Brockets are normal, boringly normal but from birth, Barnaby has been anything but normal - for starters, he defies gravity and floats. One day, the Brockets decide they've had enough, Barnaby has to go. Betrayed and frightened, Barnaby floats into the path of a special hot air balloon and begins a magical journey around the world.