Book Review(2)

Book Review

Title : Things not seen

Author: Andrew Clements


This book was about Bobby who became an invisible boy. Bobby Philip was an average fifteen-year-old boy. He woke up one morning and he could not see himself in the mirror. Bobby was not blind or dreaming, he was invisible. The whole family was not able to see him, but could only hear his voice. They were very worried about him. There was not any rhyme or reason for Bobby’s new condition and even his dad who was a physicist could not figure out the reason. As a result, Bobby was not able to go school and there were no friends for him. He was a missing person.

Luckily, he met Alicia who was a blind girl. Bobby could not resist talking to her and trusted her. He first met her at the library as Bobby bumped into her. After that, they had met a few more times and became good friends. She was angry with Bobby at first as she thought it was impossible for a person to be invisible. But soon she realised Bobby was telling the truth. Later, Alicia told her parents about Bobby.

Bobby’s invisibility results in terrible consequences. The police department from Bobby’s school was worrying about Bobby who was absent for school for a long period of time. Hence they called the police and went to Bobby’s house to look for him. They did not find him. Bobby’s parents were threatened. They would be sent to jail for the disappearance of Bobby Philip.
They had left a total of five days to resolve the problem. There was only a very little time. Bobby’s parents and Alicia’s