'How did the man do it?'Ĭonor could feel the monster close behind him, knew that it was kneeling, knew that it was putting its face up to his ear to whisper into in, to tell him the rest of the story. 'How?' Conor asked, breathing heavily again, not turning back to see the monster standing there, not looking at the reaction of the room to the huge monster now in the midst, though he was aware of nervous murmurs and a strange anticipation in the air. 'Quit messing about,' Harry said and turned away again.Īnd then one day the invisible man decided, the monster said, its voice ringing in Conor's ears, I will make them see me.

Harry pretended to question what had happened, looking hard at Sully, acting like he was the one who'd done it. The dining hall had fallen silent now, as Conor and the monster moved faster after Harry.Ĭonor reached him and grabbed him by the shoulder, twisting him round.

Neither did Sully nor Anton, though thet were still sniggering as Conor picked up his pace.Īnd if no one sees you, the monster said, picking up its pace, too, are you really there at all? Harry H, age 9 I recommend the book to people who like a sad book and a sad ending. Connor thought the monster only came to heal his Mum but it didn't come for that. It's about a boy called Connor, his Mum's illness and a monster telling Connor stories. It was that the people had become used to not seeing him. I would recommend this book to people who like good description. It was not that he was actually invisible, the monster said, following Conor, the room volume dropping as they passed. “ There was once an invisible man, the monster continued, though Conor kept his eyes firmly on Harry, who had grown tired of being unseen.

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