# Invisible Isabel

**Author:** Sally J. Pla
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 2024
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780063268852`
**ISBN-10:** `006326885X`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/invisible-isabel
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Quiet Isabel feels invisible in her big, busy family and at school, where a new classmate's unkindness makes her worries grow. Sally J. Pla's gentle grades 3-6 novel about anxiety and finding your voice is a 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee.

## Themes

- empathy
- identity
- family
- school

## Where this book is assigned

### Texas Bluebonnet Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Texas — [source: Texas Bluebonnet Award 2025-2026 Master List (Grades 3-6)](https://txla.org/reading-lists/texas-bluebonnet-award/current-list/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Texas — [source: Texas Bluebonnet Award 2025-2026 Master List (Grades 3-6)](https://txla.org/reading-lists/texas-bluebonnet-award/current-list/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Texas — [source: Texas Bluebonnet Award 2025-2026 Master List (Grades 3-6)](https://txla.org/reading-lists/texas-bluebonnet-award/current-list/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Texas — [source: Texas Bluebonnet Award 2025-2026 Master List (Grades 3-6)](https://txla.org/reading-lists/texas-bluebonnet-award/current-list/)

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