Invisibill

Description

Bill just wanted someone to pass him the potatoes. Unfortunately, no one paid attention to his request; not his mother, a very busy woman; not his father, a very important man; not his super-duper intelligent older brother; not even his sporting star of a little sister. If someone had noticed, the wonderful, terrible thing might never have happened. But it did. The hilariously absurd, tongue-in-cheek story of an ordinary middle child who feels so overlooked by his family that he literally becomes invisible, or rather, InvisiBill.

Maureen Fergus writes books for young readers of all ages. Her picture books include And What If I Won't? and The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten. Maureen's writing has appeared in magazines such as Today's Parent, Chatelaine and Reader's Digest. Her novels include The Gypsy King trilogy, Exploits of a Reluctant (But Extremely Goodlooking) Hero, Recipe for Disaster and Ortega, which won the McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award. She lives in Winnipeg with her husband, their three kids, a fish, a dog and a hedgehog.

"InvisiBill is a brilliant portrayal of the frustrations that come with feeling young and powerless in everyday scenarios. It's less about wanting to feel necessarily special or unique, and more about the desire simply to be heard and valued as a person, regardless of age .... With shades of Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Robert Munsch's Purple, Green and Yellow, InvisiBill is a book equal parts silly and humane." - National Post