They end up arriving on the morning that he figures out how to reverse the process. Even so, the cops and child services are worried that something happened to him and threaten to file for a search warrant. His parents lie that he's gone to see an aunt in Florida.

Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Bobby has to miss a few months of school due to being sick.

Playing Sick: Bobby has to do this so no one finds out he's invisible.

Invisible Main Character: Who Just Woke Up That Way.

They figure that going to jail is the better option than for their son to become a human guinea pig. The Phillips even admit that they would understand if the roles were reversed.

They worry that he ran away, was kidnapped, or his parents killed him, and open an investigation.

Hero Antagonist: Child Protective Services and the police are concerned when Bobby goes missing for months.

Going Commando: Bobby refers to it as 'Greek Warrior Mode' by going completely naked outside so that no one sees him.

Bobby also mails the blanket to Sheila, to give her the choice to become normal if she wishes. He reassures Alicia that he likes her for who she is and not because she couldn't see him.

Earn Your Happy Ending: Bobby finds the solution to becoming visible- sleeping with the electric blanket on a night with a heavy meteor shower- and saves his parents from getting arrested.

Bobby realizes that she can see him, and that it means the cure worked, his parents are saved. The agent finds Bobby's underwear, which he took off to become invisible, and notes that it's still warm.

Bait-and-Switch: It first seems that the cure didn't work, just as child services comes into the house with a search warrant.

Then an old foe or friend - it depends on your perspective- appears and begs her for help. She is dealing with her mental health as Bobby goes to college, and she worries about people not seeing her as an independent woman. Things That Are focuses on Alicia, Bobby's friend, and later girlfriend. A chance encounter with Bobby Phillips may change the course of Gwen's life in a matter of days. Only her grandfather is missing, and he leaves a note asking for her to cover for him. Things Hoped For has a bright prodigy musician named Gwen who travels to New York to audition for college and spend time with her ailing grandfather. The Phillips team up with the Von Dorns, and their daughter Alicia, to cover for Bobby and find a cure. An invisible boy would be the subject of government scrutiny.

When he tells his parents, who are scientists, they are both amazed and terrified for him. In the first book, Bobby Phillips wakes up one day and finds that he has turned invisible. Things Not Seen is a novel by Andrew Clements.

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