Things Not Seen- Book Report #1

I read the book Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements. The main character is Bobby Phillips, and the biggest choice he had to make was whether he wanted to tell everybody about his invisibility or hide his invisibility. Bobby chose to hide his invisibility. I would have made the same choice because if Bobby told people about invisibility, he would probably become some kind of lab rat because everyone would be trying to do tests on him, trying to figure out how it happened. Also, if people found out how to become invisible, there would be invisible people all over. It would be easier for burglars to rob people, because no one would be able to see them!
Another choice Bobby had to make was whom he could trust. As soon as he found out he was invisible that dreaded Monday morning, the first thing he did was tell his parents. That’s the way Bobby’s parents wanted it to stay, just them knowing, and no one else. But Bobby met this blind girl named Alicia at the library, and when she touched his shoulder, there was nothing there, just skin, what was Bobby supposed to say? He decided to tell Alicia the truth, and later on they became best friends. He knew that he could trust Alicia. Bobby’s parents weren’t too happy when they found out that their son had blabbed about his “situation” to another person, especially one he had just met, but they grew to understand Bobby’s decision.
I think I would have made the same decision Bobby made because, if he didn’t trust Alicia, he would have been all alone, with no one to keep him from really losing himself. That’s what Alicia had said when she had first gone blind. She said she would have lost her mind if she didn’t have anything left of her old life, of the way it was before she was blind, and I think Bobby felt the same way. With Alicia, he had something to make him feel semi-normal again. Bobby didn’t choose to be invisible, it just happened one night, and I think if I had to choose, I wouldn’t want to be invisible either. You wouldn’t be able to do most of the things you used to do when you were normal, and even staying home from school that long would get boring. I think I would choose to stay exactly who I am.