在一個「完美寵物」才能被人喜愛的世界裡,住著一群不被允許存在的孩子。牠們是基因實驗室裡的「失敗作品」——有的長得奇奇怪怪,有的甚至根本不像真正的動物。其中,半鼠半象的 Barnabus,從出生起就被關在小小的玻璃罐裡,從沒見過外面的世界。
但朋友 Pip 告訴他,地面上有綠色的山丘、參天的大樹,還有高聳入天的城市。Barnabus開始夢想:有一天,他也能親眼看看那個世界。
然而,危險正一步步逼近。實驗室即將把所有「失敗作品」回收,Barnabus不願被改造成別人眼中的「完美寵物」,他只想做真正的自己。於是,他和一群同樣不完美的朋友決定逃出去!
這是一場充滿緊張、友情、勇氣與驚喜的地下大逃亡。跟著 Barnabus 一起冒險,也會慢慢發現:真正的完美,從來不是長得符合標準,而是能勇敢成為自己,並找到一個願意接納自己的地方。Fan Brothers細膩夢幻的畫風,更打造出一個令人屏息的奇幻世界,是一本讀完會讓人想抱抱角色、也會忍不住思考「什麼才叫完美?」的繪本。
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.



