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Things Not Seen

Written by Andrew Clements

Narrated by Daniel Passer

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Fifteen-year-old Bobby thinks he knows what it’s like to be invisible-he’s used to being ignored by the popular kids at school (especially the girls). Even his parents hardly seem to notice whether he’s home or not. Then one morning, Bobby wakes up to find that he IS invisible. For real. He can’t stop wondering if he’ll ever reappear-especially when his parents wreck their car and wind up in the hospital. Now Bobby is all alone. How can he survive in a world where he can’t be seen? One thing’s for sure: Bobby’s not going to just wait around to see if his body will decide to show up again on its own. He’s got to take action. Fast.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 13, 2005
ISBN9780307282521
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Things Not Seen
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Andrew Clements

Andrew Clements (1949–2019) was the author of the enormously popular Frindle. More than 10 million copies of his books have been sold, and he was nominated for a multitude of state awards, including a Christopher Award and an Edgar Award. His popular works include About Average, Troublemaker, Extra Credit, Lost and Found, No Talking, Room One, Lunch Money, and more. He was also the author of the Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School series. Find out more at AndrewClements.com.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Bobby Phillips wakes up one morning and can't see himself -- literally. As he inlists the help of his scientist parents to figure out how this happened, he must figure out how to cope with being invisible and keeping it a secret from the rest of the world.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Review: This is the science-fiction tale of teenager Bobby Philips, who wakes up invisible one morning. Bobby must solve the mystery of his disappearing body, with the help of his new friend Alicia, who is blind. They must race against time, or else, Bobby's future could continue to be jeopardized. Genre: This book is an excellent example of science fiction. The book centers around Bobby and his life experience. Besides being invisible, Bobby is a teenager, and that is never lost in this story. The fact that Bobby is in fact invisible is the stressing of scientific law that is necessary for a science fiction genre. Andrew Clements does a wonderful job of making the invisibility believable as well as its cause plausible.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    There have been numerous stories of invisibility but Andrew Clement's Things Not Seen is a fresh take on an old idea. The main character Bobby turns invisible and he must find out how it happened with the help of his blind friend Alicia. Readers discover later that an electric blanket partly the cause of this. Although this seems impossible, Clements' writing style leads you to believe that it could really happen. Readers will be connected to Bobby's character as he shows courage and intelligence as he searches for the reasoning behind his invisibility. They will see his determination by his actions of covering himself completely in clothes to hide his problem or stripping down naked in the cold. The character of Alicia shows readers the strength and independence despite her disability, as she helps Bobby investigate. Target audience 5th grader readers and up.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I was very prepared for this great book by Andrew Clemens. I'm very familiar with his writing, he is a fantastic writer with mystery's. He makes you really think about the story and the ending. I think he is such a great author. He really makes you keep reading much longer than you will expect. What makes me want to succeed as a young writer is that his techniques are fantastic, with the way of capturing the reader into the story. He made me feel like I was living the terror of 15 year old Bobby Philips, by just waking up one day and your whole body is just gone. As a fan i just hope he keeps making books just like Things Not Seen. What made me really really interested was that he just started the story right off the bat, which i think is just where it captures the reader. Other than all things i just said I think Andrew Clemens is one of the greatest authors ever.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Such a god book. The main character has a funny yet interesting way of looking at things.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I would recommend this novel to any library that hosts a teen collection. This helped with many projects and book reports.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very herd book to understand but at the end it turned into a great book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    'Things Not Seen' is a cute lovestory-has-a-problem kind of book. Our hero suffers invisibility, but begins to fall for a blind girl. He has to find his way back to visibility before it's too late.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Normally when people are struck with blindness, or paralysis, they are able to find ways around it. But what if you were invisible? Andrew Clements's "Things Not Seen" enthralled me with it's theme of conquering difficulties.Bobby Phillips never gave up when awkward challenges awaited him in the book. When he wakes up and finds himself invisible, he ran downstairs and called for his parents to help. But with the help of his family and his blind friend they were able to overcome this strange state and change him back to normal.There were many problems Bobby faced, but one stood out beyond the other. When his parent's car crashed, Dr. Sarah Fleming called Bobby to see if he was alright. Then she asked “Is there anyone 18 or older in the house?" Bobby panicked because he couldn't call a relative over. If he did they would find out he was invisible. Despite having this nerve racking challenge, he over comes it with his intelligent. He lied his way through the conversation by saying he's going to make arrangements with Aunt Ethal.Actually he wasn't going to make arrangements with his aunt. Some other problems he encounters at the beginning of the book he decides he wants to go to the library. He couldn't because people will see a floating book. To solve it he wore a coat, pants, and a pair of sunglasses. Another example which was a major problem was school. His family solved it by lying that Bobby had the flu and he is with Aunt Ethal. I recommend this book to anyone who would like to learn the life lesson of overcoming difficulties. This book showed many examples of Bobby solving different types of challenges Readers could even use some of the different strategies that Bobby used to solve his problems. There for I believe this book represents overcoming difficulties.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The novel, Things not Seen by Adrew Clements encompasses that being invisible isn't the best thing that you would want. In the beginning 15 year old Bobby woke up one night and went into the bathroom and when he was looking in the mirror his reflection wasn't there. Bobby struggled to get by in his daily life because nobody could see him and when he went out in public he couldn't wear any clothes! Throughout the middle he perseveres by telling a girl how he was invisible and she wants to help Bobby get through it and her name was Alicia. By the end Bobby learns that being invisible although it sounds cool it's not from what Bobby experienced and if you want to be invisible then you will probably go through the same experience as Bobby did.Pages read (217/251)
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was a very well written book. The author did a great job of keeping the reader interested and giving good details on how life might be like if you were invisible. This would be a great book to read as a class in a middle school classroom. Everyone has felt like they were invisible at some point, and that usually happens when you are in middle school. That is why this would be good to read as a class so students can discuss. It could also be used in a literature circle for the same reasons. Even though this was a great book, I only gave it four stars. I felt like the author rushed the ending.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    the novel,Thing not seen,by Andrew Clements encompasses the life of a boy who suddenly turned invisible. IN the beginning bobby struggles with being not able to be seen.THrought the middle he persevers through trying to get back to normal. BY the end he has changed back, and has found another with his problem. pages read 251/251
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The book, Things Not Seen, shows how strong a bond is between two friends. In the beginning, Bobby Philips wakes up and realizes that he is cmpletely INVISIBLE. Around the middle, Bobby befriends a blind girl named Alicia and tells her his secret. Near the end he finds a way to turn visible again.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Things not seen shows the theme that even though you are different you can make friends no matter what happens. the main issue of the story is that one day while waking up and taking a shower Bobby Philips finds out that he is invisible. While he is invisible he tries to reverse the invisibility and meets a girl named Alicia who later became friends. At the end when he isn't invisible anymore he learns how he became invisible and also that you can make friends for what ever reason it is.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The novel, Things Not Seen, emcompasses the theme that you have to try hard to keep your family from being torn apart. In the beginngin, Bobby Phillips, the protagonist struggles wtih trying to hide the fact that he is invisible from the whole word, and the authorities are invsetigating the missing boy case. Throughout the middle, he perserves through trying to find out how he turned invisible, and trying to keep himself hidden while finding clues to this mystery. By the end he has learned that what's most important is worth fighting for. (251/251)
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The novel Things not seen encompasses the issues of a boy who becomes invisible. In the beginning Bobby phillips, the Protaganist struggles with invisibilty . Throughout the middle he perserveres through the conflict of beging invisible and trys to find out how did he become invisible and why?? By the end he has learned how he became invisible. 215/251
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The novel, Things Not Seen, encompasses friendship. In the beginning, Bobby Philips, the protaginist struggles when he turns invisible. Throughout the middle, he persevers through a blind girl, Alicia, becoming his friend. By the end, he realizes that being invisible is better than being visible.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Bobby wakes up, takes his shower, wipes off the fog covered mirror and doesn't see himself. What has happened? Join Bobby and his parents as they try to figure this out.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The book about the boy in the family that in one morning he found out that he not normal like human is invisible for not in a long time. Because later he found a friend she is a girl but there some thing about her that she is blind but not born like that just it happen in one morning too. But now there no way she can see again. But she found out that the boy she knew is same situation like her that not normal as human. But not for long, the boy get the idea from the girl he knew that turn him back to normal. Then their love grew for each other. This book is really interesting. I dont want to tell too much about his book then it will not make this book good anymore. So, go find the book and read it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I got this book on a whime, because the premise sounded interesting. It was a decent book overall; although not so spectacular that I want to read the next two books in the series.Bobby wakes up one morning to discover that he is invisible. No one can see him and he can't see himself. What seems kind of cool at first, is actually quite a problem as Bobby and his family try to figure out what happened and Bobby tries to struggle through normal everyday life. He ends up meeting a blind girl named Alicia; they are both invisible to people in their own way. Bobby and Alicia form an unlikely friendship that helps Bobby to deal with his invisibility.This was a pretty good book. Bobby and Alicia are likable characters, as are their parents. Bobby has to struggle with interesting issues as an invisible person. He can't go to school and can't even go out places unless he goes au natural. Bobby's condition is dealt with in detail given that his dad is a successful physicist that is determined to fix his son. We learn strange facts like the fact that Bobby's spit is invisible, but things he holds in his hand do not become invisible.Of course this book, like many books dealing with teenagers, is about more than Bobby becoming invisible. It is about how Bobby felt invisible before he actually became invisible and how his parents react to his invisibility. It is about how people, including surrounding society, deal with disabilities. It is also about Bobby and Alicia, from very different social circles, form a steadfast friendship because of their respective disabilities. They would have probably never even tried to get to know each other if it wasn't for Alicia's blindness and Bobby's invisibility.The book is a quick read and keeps you engaged. The writing is not spectacular, but it is very readable. Overall it was an interesting read and deals with some interesting topics. I liked it. The story wraps up very nicely at the end. I actually had no idea that there were two additional books dealing with Bobby and Alicia until I looked up this book on Amazon. Will I read those books? Probably not, I got what I wanted from the book and am not really all that interested in what happens to Bobby and Alicia next.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    One cold winter morning in Chicago, Bobby Phillips gets out of the shower only to discover that he is gone. That's how this interesting foray into the possibility of turning invisible starts off. The thing is, the author puts this book together in such a logical manner that you can imagine it is possible.Approached as more of a scientific mystery novel than an adventure one (although there are some moderately adventuresome parts) we follow along with Bobby as he tries to deal with a world that cannot see him. Determined not to let his "condition" stop him Bobby forays out into the world naked and utterly alone, discovering that even when he wasn't invisible, in some ways he really was.There was one little quibble I had with the book. I don't want to say that Bobby is a "typical" 15 year old with his rather self-centered notions and irritation with his parents despite their best efforts, but I remember myself at 15 and many of my friends at that age and the attitude is awfully familiar. Looking at it now from a parents' point of view I both sympathized with and was annoyed by his thoughts and actions. This small frustration was easy to overlook as the story itself was engrossing and moved swiftly as Bobby has to take on new challenges that exceed far beyond his invisibility.Overall this would be a very good book for tweens and teens and I would certainly recommend it.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A teen boys wakes up one morning to find he is invisible. He hides out in his house because he and his parents dont' want anyone to know until they can fix it because they think that scientists will quarantine and study their son treating him unfairly. The boys sneaks out one day to go to the library and bumps into a blind girl, who of course can't see that he is invisible, and they become friends. She helps him to find out how he became invisible. It was due to an electric blanket and the electromagnetic field in the universe somehow. The story involves teen romance and a first kiss. No language or real sensitive issues.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Andrew Clements manages to take a ridiculous situation and give it some real thought-provoking moments. Bobby wakes up one day to find that he has become invisible overnight. His parents decide to hide the situation because they don't want him to become a governmental science experiment. Fortunately, Bobby meets a blind girl, becomes friends with her and confides in her. This way, Clements induces the reader to think about blindness in new ways while not necessarily reading a book about blindness. A welcome move into the Young Adult category for Clements.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Bobby Phillips is a normal teenager. Neither popular nor unpopular in school, he argues with his parents, dislikes his private school, gets ignored by the popular girls. But Bobby Phillips has a problem. A big one. One morning after his shower Bobby notices something peculiar when looking in the mirror. Nothing. Bobby Phillips is now officially, literally, invisible.This novel is great for many levels of readers. Even struggling readers can follow along and appreciate Bobby's dilemma as he tries to literally find himself. This is also a great young adult novel because it is told from a very believable perspective of a very likable teenage boy, a nice change from the novels typically told from a female point of view.While Bobby struggles to figure out how to become visible, readers experience his anguish and frustration as he realizes it took becoming invisible to make people (specifically his busy career-driven parents) truly see him. Bobby befriends a girl with complete and total blindness named Alicia, who soon becomes his only confidente, helping readers to grasp the subtle hint that what's on the outside isn't always what's most recognizable.Excerpt:"I'm not assuming anything. I'm talking about experience. You can tell if someone thinks you're nothing. Like, just a few weeks ago, I'm walking towards this beautiful girl named Jessica in the hall, and I smile and look at her, and her face doesn't change, her eyes don't connect with me, nothing. It's like she looks right through me, like I'm not even there."Alicia's eyebrows shoot up, "Hmmm...she looked right through you, eh? Like you weren't even there? Interesting way to describle your old life, don't you think?" (p.160-61)Classroom Use:Great novel for grades 7-12 depending on reading levels. Excellent for struggling readers and reluctant male readers. Not only can the moral message of "it's what's on the inside that counts" be re-emphasized, but the process of finding one's self is a great unit theme as well. Bobby is a likable, relatable, character who walks his readers through everything he is feeling, helping them to understand and discuss his feelings as he's feeling them. Any teenager who has ever felt overlooked, neglected, ignored, or just incurably average, will appreciate Bobby and his journey to find himself.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    One of the best reads I've had in 2008. I like this book because it features a male and female protagonist--one becomes invisible, the other is blind. Both are trying to fit in and finding themselves ignored.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a fun book about a boy who wakes up invisible. The author Clements, makes the situation seem realistic in the problems and situations that arise from bein invisible.What does Bobby Phillips wear when he leaves the house? How will he be treated by a blind girl he meets at the library? Wait...if she's blind and he's invisible???!!! What caused the problem? What would a teen-aged boy do if he woke up invisible? Clements does a pretty good job filling Bobby Phillip's shoes.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was fun to read! It is a story about a teenage boy named Bobby who wakes up one morning and realizes that he is now invisible. He has to learn how to cope with his new “ability”, and often finds himself in some tough situations to keep his invisibility a secret (he doesn’t want to be seen as some sort of freak!). He becomes friends with a blind girl named Alisha, and their friendship is strengthened as they learn to help each other out with their disabilities. Suprisingly, this bizarre situation is written into a fairly believable story. I also really liked that it didn’t seem too juvenile- this story can be enjoyable for anyone from about 4th grade up to adult.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Really cool YA novel about a boy who wakes up one morning and is invisible. He ends up forming a relationship with a blind girl; because she can't see anyone, she doesn't know that she's talking to an invisible person. It's a fun, easy read, a thought-provoking fantasy, and a heartwarming little romance. The ending made me cry. Highly recommended!