by Marcus Sedgwick
Way to go, Sedgewick. Seriously, well done. Taut, suspenseful, good characterization...just a fabulous book.Library copy
I may be developing a mild obsession with Marcus Sedgwick’s books. Seriously, why aren’t more people talking about his work? It’s awesome. In She is Not Invisible, sixteen-year-old Laureth and her seven-year-old brother fly from their home in London to New York to find their father. He went missin...
Laureth Peak's father has taught her to look for recurring events, patterns, and numbers--a skill at which she's remarkably talented. Her secret: She is blind. But when her father goes missing, Laureth and her seven-year-old brother, Benjamin, are thrust into a mystery that takes them to New York Ci...
Title: She Is Not InvisibleAuthor: Marcus SedgwickISBN: 978 1 78062 134 0Published by: Indigo What's on the back:Two dried mice.A fluffy raven called Stan.A suicidal Austrian biologist...Is it coincidence or something more sinister that draws them together? Many strange things collide in Laureth P...
A quite boring book at times. Not much happened, and the story made at times no sense. What in Heavens name possesses a BLIND girl to go on a plane, take her little brother, and go find her dad? I mean seriously, what?She totally relies on her brother for a big part of the book, I had hoped a girl w...
I love books with adventure. I especially love books that integrate real life situations. Like a blind girl off to find her father who is in trouble. Plot: This is about a girl who is blind. She received an suspicious emails about her fathers whereabouts. When her mother refuses to do anything abo...
I've become quite a fan of this author's work. I always feel like his books are almost otherworldly, as though set in a world similar to this one, yet slightly removed. ( I mean that in a very good way.) This one is firmly in our world,which I loved. I recently read that every writer should follow t...
Laureth Peak's father has taught her to look for recurring events, patterns, and numbers--a skill at which she's remarkably talented. Her secret: She is blind. But when her father goes missing, Laureth and her 7-year-old brother Benjamin are thrust into a mystery that takes them to New York City whe...
So many things in this make it different: all those interesting tidbits on what coincidence is and what others had to say about it. Then the world as experienced by Laureth, her reality and how she perceives contrasted to how others do. Sprinkle on some of what's precocious in a kid brother who's no...