Looking Back - Pobby and Dingan

Looking Back... In an effort to transfer my book journal entries over to this blog, I'm going to attempt to post (in chronological order) an entry every Friday. I may or may not add extra commentary to what I jotted down in these journals.

Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice

Fiction

2000 Alfred A. Knopf

Read in November 2000

Rating: 2/5 (Fair)

Publisher's Blurb:

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 Kellyanne’s immature imagination. Only when Pobby and Dingan disappear and Kellyanne becomes heartsick over their loss does Ashmol realize that not only must he believe in Pobby and Dingan, he must convince others to believe in them, too.

My Original Thoughts (2000):

A friend spoke highly of this novel and sent me her copy after I expressed an interest in it. Unfortunately, I didn't care for the book. Slim (90+ pages) book set in Australia. Young girl loses her two imaginary friends and when she becomes ill with worry & grief, the entire town helps her brother search for these friends.

My Current Thoughts:

I have no recollection of this novella. I'm sorry I didn't appreciate it more since my friend went to the trouble of sending me her copy.