Helpful Score: 2
We meet Dougie in Pete Hautman's novel "Invisible" and gradually enter his world. School is trying; he's not popular, but that's okay as long as everyone leaves him alone. He believes in focus, and intelligence, and he is devoted to his best friend Andy. The author does an excellent job of creating tension...the slowly dawning suspicion that not everything is right or as it seems. The dread continues to build until the stunning conclusion. I loved it while at the same time I found it faintly disturbing.
