Things Not Seen – 690L

by Andrew Clements

I liked this book, and a LOT of students have read it and really liked it. The main character, Bobby, is 15 years old. One day he wakes up invisible. This causes a lot of problems in his life. He can’t go to school, and he can’t go outside unless he is completely covered up or is naked. Also, he’s having some problems with his parents. He can’t get them to take his problem seriously enough. It’s like besides Bobby’s being invisible, his whole life has disappeared. This book follows Bobby as he works to solve his problem on his own, and connects with some other people that have their own problems with “invisibility.” This idea of what it means to be “invisible” is one important theme in the book.

One reason I liked this book is because I could relate to the way Bobby realized he had felt like he was invisible in some ways, even before he actually became invisible.

If you like this book, there are 2 books that follow this one. They aren’t exactly sequels, because they are told from other characters’ points of view, but the same characters (as well as some new ones) appear in the following books. The next book is called Things Hoped For and the third one is called Things That Are.