by Ben Rice (Author)
Pobby and Dingan live in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, the opal capital of Australia. They are friends with Kellyanne Williamson, the daughter of a miner: indeed only she can see them. Pobby and Dingan are imaginary. Ashmol Williamson, Kellyanne's brother thinks his sister should grow up and stop being such a fruit loop - until the day when Pobby and Dingan disappear. As Kellyanne, grief-stricken, begins to fade away, Ashmol recruits the whole town in the search for Pobby and Dingan. In the end, however, he discovers that only he can find them, and he can only find them if he too begins to believe they are real.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: 1st Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06 Jun 2002
ISBN 10: 0099285622
ISBN 13: 9780099285625
Book Overview: 'Intensely moving and brilliantly realised - a pocket masterpiece' Observer
Prizes: Shortlisted for Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2001.