Let's Get Invisible!

Plot Summary: Max and his friends find a creepy mirror in the attic which has a light that turns people invisible while it's on. Despite the risks, they start staying invisible for longer and longer until eventually they are replaced by the mirror versions of themselves. Thankfully Max works it out and his brother Lefty breaks the mirror before Max himself can be replaced. However, Lefty is now right-handed...

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I have a feeling this was one of my favourites when I was younger but when I started reading it, I remembered nothing but the twist ending. This is still pretty impressive though because damn did that ending stick with me. Also look at that cover-that terrified me as a child. I used to make my brother hide the ones whose covers scared me and this was definitely one of them.

Anyway, I really enjoyed this book. It's creative, it's creepy and the ending is the kind of doubt which really appeals to me. It does suffer slightly by the fact that it's Lefty's evil twin who destroys the mirror and no explanation is given as to why he wouldn't want the other evil twins to stick around. Apart from that though this is one of the best ones I've read so far.

Most creative nickname bestower: Max
'He's all black so of course we named him Whitey.'
'We call him Lefty because he's the only left-handed person in our family.'

Future supermodel: Zack whose hair is half buzzcut, half combover according to the book's description.

Biggest creeps: Zack and Max who both agree that spying on girls is the best thing to do while invisible. They're twelve.

Terrible family alert: Max's mum is concerned that the kids are spending so much time in the attic until she hears they're looking at 'old magazines'. Then she simply tells them to have fun and 'don't get too dirty up there;

Rating:

.5