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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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bubblytoes said:

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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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Pobby and Dingan (Vintage)

by Ben Rice

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bubblytoes said:

posted Saturday, January 26 2008