Book Review Time:
Things Not Seen
by Andrew Clements
Things Not Seen is an interesting and captivating mix of the supernatural and the modern world. The novel takes place in Chicago, Illinois. The book is told from the point of view of Bobby Phillips, a seemly average fifteen-year-old boy - until he wakes up one Tuesday morning in February, invisible! Over the coarse of the book, Bobby searches for a way to reverse the invisibility, with the help of his parents, and Alicia, a friend he meets at the library, who has been blind for about two years. About halfway through the novel, Alicia's parents join the "Save Bobby Phillips Committee". Adding to Bobby's newfound troubles with his invisibility, his school and eventually the police start to look into what is going on with him, and eventually they threaten to arrest Bobby's parents!
This book is full of exciting twists and turns. I loved the dynamic between Alicia, the angry-with-her-fate blind girl, and Bobby, the invisible and sweet "Greek warrior". My only complaint is that there isn't a sequel!
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