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Hello, I'm trying to find a book that I read a long time ago about a man who turned invisible because cosmic radiation hit his electric blanket while he was asleep. I've tried googling and chat GPT and neither of them turned up any results. Does this book sound familiar to anyone?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clement

I distinctly remember reading this in first grade because my teacher did this thing where you had to read to her for her to judge your reading capabilities, and I started to read aloud the part where he talks about his #2s not being invisible and I was embarrassed to read that out loud lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah this was 100% required reading in my language arts class growing up. He starts a relationship with a blind woman too. And the company that manufactures the electric blanket knows about the issue and pays him off to keep him quiet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

This was the first result returned when I searched your description. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/542752.Things_Not_Seen