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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Last Invisible Boyby Evan Kuhlman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:I don't want to give anything away, so I'll tell you what you could probably guess from looking at the cover and flipping through the book. 1. It's about an invisible boy. Obviously. That's me. Actually, I'm not totally invisible. Yet. But I'm getting there. 2. There are a bunch of my drawings. 3. There are some really funny, really happy moments. 4. Just so you know, there are also some sad moments. 5. Everything in here is the truth. So if you like stories about true things, you might like this book. That's all I'm going to tell you. All the stuff about my dad and my mom and my brother Derek and my friend Meli and whether or not I actually turn invisible or become completely visible again or figure out how to use my invisibility for the good of all mankind or just disappear altogether, you're going to have to read to find out. So, let's get started. Just remember: This is my story, and anything can happen. Review:"Were Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid to be suddenly bereaved, his next diary might approximate this painful but often funny novel, written by the author of the adult work Wolf Boy and illustrated by a debut graphic artist. Keeping a notebook, 12-year-old Finn Garrett explains in an early entry that a few months before, 'a giant eraser fell from the sky and flattened me.... It's been erasing me from the world ever since.' His father has died unexpectedly (in circumstances described only near the end), and Finn's black hair and pink complexion are gradually turning white (Coovert's cartoon shows a gray Finn looking into a mirror and seeing a vampire reflected back). As Finn remembers perfect moments with his father, avoids school as long as possible and compares his mother's and paternal grandfather's attitudes about death, he is made to see his pediatrician as well as a kindly school psychologist, who have their own theories about the 'whiteness thing.' Precise in his metaphors and his characterizations, Kuhlman delivers a study in coping with loss that middle-schoolers will want to absorb and empathize with. Ages 10 — 14." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"The Last Invisible Boy is at turns heartbreaking and uplifting...A gutsy book that will stay with me a long time."-- Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Review:"The Last Invisible Boy may be written as a journal, but it's no blog. Protagonist Finn isn't writing for an audience — he's writing to a friend. Sad, funny, and sincere."-- Hope Larson, Eisner Award-winning creator of Chiggers Review:"If you're looking for a tender, redemptive story told by a fierce, fragile protagonist, meet Finn Garrett, the Last Invisible Boy. You'll love him."-- Susan Patron, author of the Newbery Medal-winning The Higher Power of Lucky Synopsis:Everything for Finn Garrett changed after he lost his dad forever. The next morning, a strand of Finn's hair had turned white, and his skin lost some of its pinkness. Now nearly half his hair is white and his skin as pale as a ghost. Finn is certain he'll disappear altogether. Illustrations.
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