Bobby wants to give up on finding a cure, but Alicia has a bright idea. She tells him never to tell anyone who she is. Bobby uses this list to locate Sheila Borden, who became invisible a few years prior to the events in the book.

During which he steals a list of names of people who previously complained to Sears-Roebuck about a 'bad blanket'. Part of Bobby's journey to become visible involves invading the Sears-Roebuck corporate headquarters. He learns that her name is Alicia, and befriends her. He enters the room with her permission and they start talking. He goes naked this time, and stumbles upon the blind girl in a listening room. After talking to his Mom he uses money she gave him to get a taxi and he goes home. When he gets there he takes off his clothes (so he can be invisible) and goes to find his parents. After they leave Bobby goes to the hospital to see his parents. The police then come to his door and check on him. He sees one of the cars is his family's car. When he wakes up, the TV says that there was a major three car crash. His parents leave to get dinner and Bobby watches TV and takes a nap. Upon returning home, he gets in trouble because he left the house. He helps to retrieve her things, and realizes she's blind when he hands her back her cane. His scarf comes off so he's scared she will freak out. After his parents are gone, Bobby heads to the library, bundled up to conceal his secret invisible self, and after a brief walk around, he hurriedly leaves, bumping into a girl. He drinks a glass of orange juice, which to the astonishment of his parents, seems to make a 'spoon float in the air.' After a brief argument with his mother, Bobby is told to stay at home until his parents get back from work (his mother is an English professor, and his father a scientist). Upon discovery, he heads downstairs and tries to convince his parents that it's not a trick. Then, to make sure he was right he looked in the mirror and could not see himself.

Robert Phillips, known by his nickname 'Bobby', wakes up one day to find that he can no longer see himself.

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