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 sto[...]
An instant best-seller when originally published in 1994, this expanded and updated edition of "The Rice Room" tells of growing up with a double identity - Chinese and American. Ben Fong-Torres was torn between an alluring American lifestyle - including Elvis and rock 'n' roll - and the traditional [...]
When Pobby and Dingan, the imaginary friends of Kellyanne Williamson, the daughter of a miner in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, the lives of Kellyanne and her family begin to fall apart, and her brother, Ashmol, enlists the aid of the entire town to find them before it is too late. A first novel.[...]