Author(s): Kate DiCamillo

Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds

If you're looking for two marvellous companions, who will make you hug the page with delight, look no further than Bink and Gollie! The spring fair is in town, and for Bink and Gollie - utter opposites and uber best friends - three comical adventures await! Bink attacks the Whack-a-Duck with an unswerving winning attitude - the world's largest doughnut is up for grabs! And, with a quiet determination, Gollie storms the stage at the talent show...But a lousy shot and a case of stage fright spoil each girl's chances! Undeterred, they use their grey matter and turn it all around! In the final story, Bink and Gollie make a date with destiny: Madame Prunely, fortune-teller spectacular! She looks into her crystal ball and tells them everything they could ever need to know...they'll always be together. Without question. It is the second volume in a fantastically hilarious best-friend adventure trilogy for the early reader. With Tony Fucile's kinetic illustrations, these two characters burst into the reader's world with great wit, warmth and imagination.