1. A true story about a vanishing boy, part I
My name is Finn Garrett and this is my book and this is my story.
It is a story about losing something.
No, it's a story about sudden change.
Or it's the official autobiography of The Last Invisible Boy. Me.
There will also be some silliness, lots of my sucky drawings, a pop quiz and fun homework assignments, three or four family photos, and a few of my favorite memories. Caution: Sometimes the story will get a little sad. But it won't always be sad.
This book. It's like I'm driving a school bus but my legs are too short to reach the brake. It's a runaway bus so anything can happen.
2. A true story about a vanishing boy, part II
Once upon a time, in a magical kingdom, far, far away, I was a normal kid. I had shiny black hair that I wore kind of shaggy, and my skin came in one of the standard colors: fleshy pink. I was highly visible. I was just like everybody else. Went to school, played soccer, hung out with my friends and family. Dreamed of mostly stupid and impossible stuff, had few monster-sized worries. But that was in the past, before I began to disappear. Before that summer day when a giant eraser fell from the sky and flattened me.
The eraser quickly went to work. Attacked my hair, my skin, my smile. It's been erasing me from the world ever since.
The truth? No giant eraser fell from the sky. That was just a dumb metaphor. Sorry. But things do fall from the sky and life can change that quickly. You'll be out walking one day, wondering why girls are so weird or what life in a black hole might be like, or maybe you're at home, bored and doing nothing, when BAM! -- the meteor hits, the satellite crashes into your house and everything changes. The world has flipped upside down and then flopped over sideways, so good luck finding your way. You have no compass. You have no road map. You are on your own in a scary forest, so what do you do? Remember this: Even in upside-down and sideways worlds moss grows on the north side of trees. It will help you find your way out.
You may want to run, run, run to the past and hide there, but since you are from the present, the past will not have you. NO ADMITTANCE, kid says the sign on the door that you are trying to kick down, to find your way back to the day before the meteor struck. Keep kicking at that door. It probably won't work, but keep trying.
Text copyright © 2008 by Evan Kuhlman Art copyright © 2008 by J. P. Coovert
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Art copyright © 2008 by J. P. Coovert