Things not Seen by Andrew Clements-Conflicts and Similar themes

In this book, Bobby comes across many internal and external conflicts.

An example of external conflicts is when Bobby finds himself having to get to the hospital or maybe the library, and must either be fully clothed- to look like there is a person under the clothes -or completely bare- so no one even knows of his existence. In many of these situations, Bobby comes across little boys on scooters or random people on the street that he must dodge.

A good example of internal conflicts in this book is when Bobby must decide if he is going to sit around and do nothing about the fact that he is invisible, or get up and do some "sleuthing". Bobby often secretly leaves the house to do some of his own research with Alicia, even though his father is already busy at the lab trying to find some-sort of hypothesis onto why this is happening to Bobby.

Obviously, all of these decisions and conflicts help Bobby to realize he can be more independent and make his own decisions, rather than his parents deciding for him. He realizes that this is his life and he should be making the crucial decisions that set the path for the rest of his life.

At the time, I can not think of another book I've read with the same theme or storyline, there's not much like it. Invisibility is not a theme I normally come across when thinking of a book to read. This book is witty and a little cheesy, but still a very practical and possible situation. It definitely leaves me thinking.

-Lucy Murrey