Of Things Not Seen

By Don Aker

Book Overview

"...a warning sounded at the base of his brain. BE ALERT BE ALERT "

Ben Corbett is desperately struggling to keep his life together. Grades Eleven should be fun for a sixteen-year-old boy. But a chance of a lifetime threatens to reveal something that Ben has been hiding for nine years. His teacher is becoming concerned and his girlfriend wants to help, but Ben is afraid their kindness is going explode his secret.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773674357
• ISBN13: 9780773674356
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Heartwarming

Bloody brilliant. The strength of character and wrenching realism of the storyline is one of the keys in this book, for me at least. Highly believable and Ben is a *wonderful* character, very likable; I felt for him throughout the entire book and quite liked the ending in that the conclusion was both satisfying and a long time coming, as well as the blossoming hope it provides for particular other characters (I won't spoil it) involved in the events of the story.If you can get it, do so.

Excellent!

This story is about a 16 year old boy named Ben Corbett. His stepfather abuses him, and he can't tell anybody because then his stepfather would move the family to another community. The catalyst for change is Ben's writing - he wins a trip to a writers workshop for teenagers and has to fight to go to it. An excellent story about the power to change your life. Aker is a high school teacher, and has written really believable teen characters.