"She is Not Invisible" by Marcus Sedgwick

Sedgwick does it again.  Not that this book is anything like "Midwinterblood," but his ability to pack real characters and dense issues into a brief, concise, complex narrative never fails to fully engage me.  This tale covers science, psychology, numerology, family relationships, literature, cultural differences, racism, blindness, and yes, coincidence.  Like other books I have read of late, he also manages to take a minor swipe at technology.  Laureth is a very engaging protagonist, one who does for vision impairment what "Switched at Birth" has done for deafness -- essentially saying that the disability is simply a single factor of a full life, and not something that defines every aspect of her existence.  The short chapters are page turners, particularly as the story ramped up, and I was very afraid of where it might lead.  In the end, the answers to the many questions were more layered, and somewhat unexpected, compared to my expectations.  One interesting note was a comment that Sedgwick makes about authors who try to push coincidence into their themes too hard -- with a resulting unbelievability to their work.  Is it irony or coincidence that this was one of the core problems I had with the last book I read?  Only you can say.  Enjoy the ride (and the secret message).