Barnaby Bracket is an eight-year-old boy, ordinary in almost every way and quite obedient. But he cannot obey one simple rule - the law of universal gravitation: Barnaby flies. From birth. Barnaby's parents, even more ordinary in almost every respect, dreamed all their lives of being the most ordinary. The flying son destroyed this dream - and paid for it: something terrible happened. And with this terrible journey began the journey of Barnaby Bracket, an ordinary flying boy, around the world - and even in outer space. The whole life of Barnaby Bracket - and all his amazing new acquaintances and friends, and ours too! - the answer to an outrageously simple question: can I be the way I am? Why not? No, I insist!