Sci-fi novel by Andrew
Clements
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Bobby Phillips is the protagonist of this
story. After his shower, he realized that he
couldn't see himself in the mirror. He was
invisible. Bobby and his family struggles to
keep the secret of him being invisible.
Puzzled at this unexpected phenomenon, it is
Bobby’s job to find answers to help him go
back to his normal self.
Bobby
Bobby Phillips
Phillips
Alicia Van Dorn is Bobby’s best
friend. She knows about Bobby’s
secret and she helps him through
this obstacle. In addition, Alicia is
blind, but still very pretty. She is
very caring and sometimes her and
Bobby act like more than just
friends. ;)
Alicia
Alicia Van
Van Dorn
Dorn
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Home
Most times in the story, the setting is at
Bobby’s house, which is in Chicago. It is
present time. Due to his invisibility, he
can’t go out in his neighborhood as much
as before. Home was the safest place Bobby
could be.
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Themes
Literary Devices
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“I feel like a book bring read word by word.”(Clements 243) This simile
was used to describe how Bobby felt when Alicia was checking if he was
really visible again and if it was really him next to her.
“There is no room for thinking, just feeling, feeling like the dread
is oozing up through the cracks between the boards on my floor.”
(Clements 58) The quote sets and eerie and chilling mood for that
particular part of the story.
“I feel like her eyes are devouring my face.” (Clements 235) This
personification because clearly, eyes do not devour faces. This quote
compares “her eyes” as a person devouring something. In this
situation, the meaning of this quote is that Bobby’s mother won’t
stop looking at him.
Furthermore, Clements wrote
his first novel, “Frindle” and
was published in 1996.
Clements believes that school
is the best setting for books
based on his saying, “School is
a rich setting because schools
and education are at the heart
of every community.
- “The Report Card”
- “No Talking”
- “Frindle”
Other books:
He started out as a book
editor and he soon began to
write his own books.
Andrew Clements first
started out as a
singer/songwriter.
Overtime, he began to
realize his love for writing
when songwriting.
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Final Overview
“Things Not Seen” is really a great science fiction novel about an
invisible 15 year old boy. I truly admired the plot, themes,
literary devices, and more in this novel. Andrew Clements did a
superb job writing it. “Things Not Seen” deserves this rating:
SO…
“Things Not
Seen”
“Things Not
Seen”
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