Things Not Seen Themes

As soon as Bobby wakes up and finds that he's invisible in Things Not Seen, it's clear that his social life is destined to suffer. After all, his mom and his dad swear him to secrecy, and he's not...

Family: You can't live with them, and you can't live without them. Or at least that's how Bobby and his parents seem to feel in Things Not Seen. When Bobby wakes up to find himself changed, the fir...

It's kind of hard to make friends when one is invisible, but Bobby somehow manages to find a pal anyway in Things Not Seen. When he meets Alicia, he realizes that because she is blind, he can inter...

Wouldn't it stink to be unable to do things like wave at a friend or flip off your enemies? When you become invisible, your entire method of communication changes—which is exactly what happens to...

How often do your parents encourage you to lie to authority? When you're trying to keep your new status as an invisible person a secret from the whole wide world, you're going to have to tell a few...

Other people might use their newfound status as an invisible person to be lazy and just sit around and watch television, but not Bobby. In Things Not Seen, he is immediately determined to live his...

Well, there's one upside to becoming invisible: Bobby won't have to worry so much about preening in front of the mirror when he's getting ready in the morning. There is a great deal of discussion a...

Every kid has big, best-case-scenario plans for the future, but when Bobby wakes up invisible, all he wants to do is go back to school and his normal life. In Things Not Seen, Bobby and Alicia bond...

Like a little butterfly emerging from a cocoon, Bobby wakes up one day and looks in the mirror to find that he's… er… invisible. In Things Not Seen, people are changed overnight without their c...

Love conquers all… well, except for unexplained invisibility brought on by faulty electronics, that is. In Things Not Seen, there's plenty of time for warm and fuzzy feelings even when all the ch...