Pobby and Dingan
 

Pobby and Dingan (Vintage)

by Ben Rice

This enchanting tale is at once a beautifully rendered narrative of childhood loss and a powerfully simple fable about the necessity of imagination.

Pobby and Dingan are Kellyanne Williamson’s best friends, maybe her only friends, and only she can see them. Kellyanne’s brother, Ashmol, can’t see them and doesn’t believe they exist anywhere but in... (read more)

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hazeldove
  • Rated 5 stars

Warning: This Australian novel is a real tearjerker. An eight-year old girl’s only friends are the imaginary Pobby and Dingan, but one day she loses them. As she falls into a deep depression, her brother takes it upon himself to convince the citizens of their small, mining town to believe in Pobby and Dingan and help in the search for them. This one is tiny and can be read in an hour.

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Michael L
  • Rated 2 stars

MYP English 5? Lets read a childrens book about opals! okay! Why don't I just go fall down a mineshaft and rot. At least it was an easy read..

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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • bubblytoes

    bubblytoes said:


    If you have forgotten what it's like to be a teenager you should not miss this book. It's based on the true diary entries of Margaret "Maggie" Sartor during her tumultuous teens. It starts with simple day-by-day 2-3 sentence thoughts as a 12 yr. old and ends with her going off to college as an 18 yr. old high school graduate. With its deeply personal, painstaking, honest, and sometimes laugh-out-loud entries, it is the best diary-type book that I have read. It made me appreciate that I will never have to repeat adolescence again. Read this book!!

    posted Saturday, January 26 2008
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