Things Not Seen (2002)

by Andrew Clements

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When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.

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In "Things Not Seen", Bobby Phillips overall seems like a average fifteen-year-old. Until one certain morning, he wakes up and can't seem to see himself in the mirror. He was not blind, or dreaming, but Bobby seemed to be just plain invisible. no reason has occurred for this to happen to Bobby. He meets a a girl, Alicia, who is blind. Bobby talks to her like no other and trust her. He knows that being invisible can have a dangerous outcome. This book can help students in the class, to bring a sort of mystery when reading, and also learning how to trust others in hard situations. (

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Olbinski, Rafal	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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2002

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Robert “Bobby” Phillips

Alicia Van Dorn

Dr. David Phillips

Professor Emily Phillips

Dr. Leo Van Dorn

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Presbyterian St. Lukeʼs Hospital

Sears Corporate Headquarters, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA

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For Rebecca

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Itʼs a Tuesday morning in February, and I get up as usual, and I stumble into the bathroom to take a shower in the dark.

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"People talk about crying from happiness, and it sounds stupid--crying from happiness. I never knew what it meant. It's not really happiness that makes the tears. It's everything at once, everything that's good and wonderful mean so much more than the sad things."

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Gauch, Patricia Lee

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When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.

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When 15-year-old Bobby Phillips wakes up one morning and discovers that he is invisible, he and his new friend Alicia Van Dorn—who is blind—try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it. While their fathers work on the problems of cause and reversal, their mothers deal with the consequences of Bobbyʼs invisibility.

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