Things Not Seen
by Andrew Clements
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CIP: "When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisable, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it."
Maggie: One morning 15 yr old Bobby Phillips wakes up and attends to business as usual until he realizes that things are anything but--he has mysteriously become invisible overnight. When it becomes evident that this affliction may not be resolving itself anytime soon, Bobby looks fo...more
Maggie: One morning 15 yr old Bobby Phillips wakes up and attends to business as usual until he realizes that things are anything but--he has mysteriously become invisible overnight. When it becomes evident that this affliction may not be resolving itself anytime soon, Bobby looks fo...more
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At first it seems like any other Tuesday. Throwing off his electric blanket, fifteen-year-old Bobby stumbles to the bathroom to shower, and it is not until he wipes the fog off the mirror to comb his hair that he notices something is missing--him. Bobby quickly finds out that the reality of being invisible is quite different from what is portrayed in movies and books. Only his mother and father can know--not school, not friends, no one. Not only is Bobby invisible, but he also is alone. His moth...more
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Read in January, 2008
Do you believe you could go sleep one day and wake up the next day to find yourself to be invisible? Don't think that it is impossible because that is what happened to Bobby who wakes up one morning to to found out that he became invisible. Unlike the kids he read in books, the first thing he choose to do is to tell his parents and was tell to stay home. Once he had became a prisoner in his own house, he soon discovered that being invisible is not as fun as he thought it should be because going ...more
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Read in August, 2008
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teens, adults, anyone who's ever felt invisible
I loved reading Andrew Clements' "Frindle" last year, so when I saw a new copy of "Things Not Seen" on the new YA fiction book cart, I picked it up. The fact that we'd worn out our old copies and had to order new ones for the library is usually a good sign when choosing which YA (young adult) books to read. And so it proved to be in this case.
Our Hero is Bobby Phillips, an ordinary teenager who wakes up one morning to discover that his metaphorical invisibility has beco...more
Our Hero is Bobby Phillips, an ordinary teenager who wakes up one morning to discover that his metaphorical invisibility has beco...more
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Read in June, 2008
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Have you ever wondered what will it be like to be invisible and having things not seen? Well let me introduce you to the protagonist Bobby who actually faced being invisible in real! There may be some advantages but being alone where your own body decides can create some problems. Bobby has no choice but to be invisible and he is taking actions to be back to his old self. How is it like having your parents trying to find you and in a result wreck their cars and get hurt? Maybe after all to be se...more
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Read in October, 2007
If you know Andrew Clements, you'll find this book a departure from his usual style. The book has kids, but they're in high school, and one of them wakes up one day and he's invisible. The magic/fantasy/sci-fi element makes this story strikingly different from his usual. A lovely sub-plot is the developing relationship between the invisible boy and a blind girl he meets. There is more independence displayed in this book, and it might be a good choice for kids who are exploring lives separate...more
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Read in November, 2007
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I like this book a lot because I had never read any books from the perspective of a invisible person. The protagonist of the book is Bobby. He wakes up one day and can't see himself in the mirror. He become invisible. He told his parents and from then, he needs to stay home. That isn't a big problem at first, but as days pass and people started to notice Bobby's disappearance and thinks his parents did something to him. Throughout the story, Bobby constantly went to the library without any cloth...more
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Read in April, 2008
I thought THINGS NOT SEEN failed to exploit all of its potential. It's the story of a boy who wakes up invisible one day. The possibilities -- especially for a teenaged boy -- are endless, but author Clement only takes a few. He has his protagonist, Bobby, fall for a blind girl (get it?). She becomes his sidekick in efforts to undo the invisibility. Both kids parents join the effort when it cannot be hidden (get it?) from them any longer, and eventually a rather silly subplot develops when ...more
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Wow. It was amazing! I loved it! It was incredible, inspiring, lovable, fantasmagorical, amazing, spontaneous, beautiful, and everything in the world that is good was this book. It was original and very interesting. I never lost interest! I finished it in a couple of hours and it was a very easy read but it was definitely a classic! The ending was my favorite part! When Bobby talked about crying for happiness...I cried for happiness. It touched me so wholly and completely. It was incredible. I t...more
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Read in July, 2007
This is an imaginitive modern day science fiction story (more science than fiction) about a boy who wakes up one morning to find himself invisible and befriends a recently blind girl who can relate to this newfound unusual disability.
I found this a great book overall. Unlike some books for young adults, this book was not predictable for adults. Although the gravity of the situation of a missing child and the impact on his parents needed to be emphasised to a younger reader, it does not take...more
I found this a great book overall. Unlike some books for young adults, this book was not predictable for adults. Although the gravity of the situation of a missing child and the impact on his parents needed to be emphasised to a younger reader, it does not take...more
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This is a fun book about Bobby, who wakes up one morning to find he is invisible. He struggles through the book to understand and deal with his new existence, and is befriended by a blind girl. Of course, like many young teens, Bobby felt somewhat invisible before his actual change. Over the course of the story, he comes into his own and finds how to be visible in his world. This is an interesting story for young adults written in first person present tense--I found this part particularly in...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Sometimes people feel invisible when they're ignored, well 15 year old Bobby doesnt feel invisible, he is invisible. After informing his parents of his condition, they do everything they can in order to "protect" him,including controlling his life. Of course it's his life, so he goes out, against his parents wishes and meets a blind girl named Alicia and a friendship is formed.
The reason why i liked this book is because it teaches us a little bit about the meaning of indepen...more
The reason why i liked this book is because it teaches us a little bit about the meaning of indepen...more
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Read in May, 2008
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This book is about a boy who wakes up and to his suprise, he can't see himself when he looks in the mirror! His first reaction is to tell his parents. They decide he is to stay home, and not to leave the house. Well, it gets kind of boring at home by himself, so he decides to take a trip to the library. There he meets a blind girl, to whom he later on shares his secret with. His parents get into a car reck that takes a few days to recover from, but once their out the police wants to know where t...more
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Read in November, 2007
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anyone who likes to read books that are like mysteries
This book was great. I thought it was okay because at first i did not get what was happening, but as i got towards the middle i started to get into it. I thought this was a fun and interesting book to read. Bobby woke up one morning, but he was invisible, but he met a girl named Alicia and she was blind. At first she was furious when she found out that her friend was invisible, but afterwards they got along fine and was able to take care of their problems.At the end i thought it was awesome beca...more
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Read in February, 2008
I read this juvinile fiction with my 6th grade book buddy and it was very well done. It's about a kid that wakes up invisible and is trying with his parents to figure out what happened and what to do to survive. He befriends a blind girl and there are some good analogies to their experiences and people with disabilities, without being too preachy.
I'd recommend it, regardless of age. The author is skilled at story telling from a teen perspective without coming across as condescending or over...more
I'd recommend it, regardless of age. The author is skilled at story telling from a teen perspective without coming across as condescending or over...more
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Read in March, 2008
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Many of us can relate to the feeling of being invisible. But imagine what would happen if you actually did wake up invisible one day? This is exactly what happens to Bobby one morning. He wakes up one morning, invisible, and has no idea why. Bobby shares his confusing condition with his parents, but grows ever more determined to live his life on his terms. Against his parents' wishes, he goes out into the city (naked) and meets the girl of his dreams at the library. The two join forces to ...more
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The prequel to Sari's bookclub book, so I had to buy it and read it first - although that really isn't super necessary. I thought this was an interesting book about a boy who wakes up invisible. Part of it annoyed me because the main drama was dealing with the school but it seems to me that smart parents would change their sons status to Homeschooled instead of calling him in sick every day for three weeks and then being surprised that the school wants a note from the doctor.
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I have used this many times for book discussions with adults and with 5th graders and up. Since the main character is invisible and the female character is blind, I like to use this discussion around Halloween. Blindfolding the children and sticking their hands in food products (grapes=eyeballs, spaghetti=brains, liver=liver)yeilds fun results.
This book also contains a mystery...a scientific mystery. So your si-fi buffs could be persuaded to give it a look.
This book also contains a mystery...a scientific mystery. So your si-fi buffs could be persuaded to give it a look.
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Read in July, 2008
ahh ... andrew clements! now, this was a kid book worth reading! i loved the way that clements made the main character into a lover of reading. there were so many great book references in the story! not in a cheesy way either! also, there were great lessons learned by all of the characters. sure, they had their flaws, but it was completely believable! there was a good bit of science in the story as well. i have to start the next book ... like right now!
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