Bobby, however, becomes increasingly determined to take control of the situation-and of his own destiny: "And I want to yell, It's my life! You can't leave me out of the decisions about my own life! You are not in charge here!" Equally credible is the boy's deepening connection to Alicia, who helps Bobby figure out a solution to his problem. As his physicist father struggles to find a scientific explanation for and a solution to his son's condition, husband and wife decide that they will tell the investigating truancy officials and police that Bobby has run away. As preposterous as the teen's predicament may be, the author spins a convincing and affecting story, giving Bobby's feeling of helplessness and his frustration with his parents an achingly real edge. Their blossoming friendship injects a double meaning into the book's title. But when Bobby ventures out of the house and visits the library, he meets Alicia, a blind girl to whom he confides his secret. Bobby breaks the news to his parents who, afraid of being hounded by the media, instruct him to share his dilemma with no one. Things Not Seen Chapter 1 By Andrew Clements Advertisement - Guide continues below Chapter 1 About Me On a seemingly ordinary Tuesday morning, our narrator Bobby wakes up and goes into the bathroom to get ready for school and thats when he realizes that he cant see himself in the mirror. As the book opens, the boy discovers that he has turned invisible overnight. The earnest and likable 15-year-old narrator is the principal thing not seen in Clements's ( Frindle The Jacket) fast-paced novel, set in Chicago.
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