num_pages: 112
description: Pobby and Dingan live in Lightning Ridge, the opal capital of Australia. They are friends with Kellyanne Williamson--"indeed, only Kellyanne can see them. Pobby and Dingan are imaginary. Ashmol, Kellyanne's brother, thinks his sister should stop being so childish--"until the day when Pobby and Dingan disappear, the same day that his father is accused of rarring, the worst sin an opal minder can commit. Ashmol helps his grief-stricken sister, recruiting the whole town in search of the friends. In the end, he discovers that only he can find them, and only if he too believes they are real...
language: English
title: Pobby & Dingan
titlecomplete: Pobby & Dingan
genres: Contemporary, Fantasy, Young Adult, Australia, Magical Realism, Childrens, Novels, Fiction, Literature, Novella
ratings_count: 1956
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Somerset Maugham Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lauer Lufti
publisher: Isis Large Print Books