In a world built for Perfect Pets, Barnabus is a Failed Project, half
mouse, half elephant, kept out of sight until his dreams of freedom lead
him and his misfit friends on a perilous adventure. A stunning picture
book from international bestsellers The Fan Brothers, joined by their
brother Devin Fan.
Deep underground beneath Perfect Pets, where children can buy
genetically engineered "perfect" creatures, there is a secret lab.
Barnabus and his friends live in this lab, but none of them is perfect.
They are all Failed Projects. Barnabus has never been outside his tiny
bell jar, yet he dreams of one day seeing the world above ground that
his pal Pip the cockroach has told him about: a world with green hills
and trees, and buildings that reach all the way to the sky, lit with
their own stars. But Barnabus may have to reach the outside world sooner
than he thought, because the Green Rubber Suits are about to recycle all
Failed Projects . . . and Barnabus doesn't want to be made into a
fluffier pet with bigger eyes. He just wants to be himself. So he
decides it's time for him and the others to escape. With his little
trunk and a lot of cooperation and courage, Barnabus sets out to find
freedom -- and a place where he and his friends can finally be accepted
for who they are.
This suspenseful, poignant and magical story about following your dreams
and finding where you truly belong will draw readers into a surreal,
lushly detailed world in which perfection really means being true to
yourself and your friends.
