Things Not Seen By Andrew Clements

Things Not Seen is a novel written by bestselling author Andrew Clements. Things Not Seen is about a 15-year-old boy, Bobby Phillips. One night, Bobby goes to bed snuggling under his electric blanket in his Chicago home. He wakes up the next morning as an invisible person. Bobby tells his parents that he is invisible right away. His mom, a literature professor and his dad, a physicist, both try to figure out how this could have happened to their son, but have no clue where to start searching for the solution to what seems like an impossible problem.

Until they can figure out how it happened and what they can do to reverse it, they instruct Bobby to stay home and not tell anyone about what is going on. Bobby uses his invisible state as an opportunity to explore the world from a different point of view. One day, while exploring one of his favorite places, the library, he literally runs into a girl. The girl turns out to be blind and so she does not realize that Bobby is invisible and simply a bundle of winter clothes, which is the disguise he uses to get around town in the Chicago winter weather. Eventually, Bobby and the girl, Alicia, form a bond and Bobby tells her that he is invisible.
Alicia's father happens to be an astronomer. When he becomes aware of Bobby's situation, he helps Bobby's father figure out what could have caused Bobby to become invisible in the first place. Once he figures out what causes it, he is hopeful they can determine a way to reverse the