The Invisible Boy

 by Sally Gardner

So I suddenly find myself at the library. What book to get out? I figure I’ve nearly finished the one for Book Club this month and I must get another. However, there are a few on the kid100 that I could do with reading. But I can only remember two from the list, one of them is on loan and the other is The Invisible Boy.
In The Invisible Boy, Sam is left in the care of the horrible Hilda Hardbottom when his parents go missing on a trip to the moon, and makes friends with a little alien calls Splodge who shows him how to become invisible. It’s a great little story for a seven or eight year old. It has humour, a little friendly alien and a grumpy neighbour. What more is required? It’s a 100 odd pages and I polished it off in a day. So an easy read, one that can easily fill a week or two of ‘novel study’ I feel, perhaps at the start next year.

Have you read a story about a special kid or one with super powers? 

Synopsis 

Sam's mum and dad go missing during a trip to the moon, leaving him in the care of the horrible Hilda Hardbottom. But theings begin to get better when Sam meets and alien in his back garden. The alien's name is Splodge, and he knows how to make Sam invisible...

Author

Sally Gardner,like me, is ‘blessed’ with dyslexia. She was said to be word-blind, whatever that is. She’s an artist and has worked in theatre for many years. She has written a range of children stories, specially written to be high interest and dyslexic friendly. She the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award (2012) for Maggot Moon.  There is nothing worse than being an older kid and being stuck with just reading ‘the baby books’.

‘Magical Children’ books by the author 

The Smallest Girl Ever
The Boy with The Magic Numbers
The Boy with the Lightning Feet 
The Invisible Boy
The Strongest Girl in The World 
 The Boy Who Could Fly