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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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[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] fionnafire@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

That's it thank you so much!

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's been 20 years or so for me. But I recall that they are not #2s. Because they are invisible they are renamed to be #4s!!

[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

OH haha oh my goodness, I do remember him going into what #3s and #4s were but in my embarrassment I must have misunderstood! Thank you for correcting me :)

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uh, are we talking about pencils or poo?