Judith Clarke

• Oct-2018
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"Frankie believed in Heaven quite literally, as if it was another lovely world out past the stars. And when he spoke the word "love," it seemed to spring free and fly into the air like a beautiful balloon you wanted to run after. But I couldn't tell ...

• Aug-2014
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The path of Ruth's life was shaped in one fateful moment when, as a baby, she was tossed clear from a car wreck. Her grandmother raised her, with a fierce hope that she would one day go to university and see every marvellous place in the world.When R...

• Apr-2012
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For two weeks, Pixie Hollow has been in a terrible dry spell. Everyone is frazzled, especially Rani and the other the water-talent fairies. When the dry spell finally ends, Queen Clarion decides it's time for a treat -- a fairy treasure hunt! But on ...

• Oct-2010
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Clementine thinks her cousin Fan is everything that she could never be: beautiful, imaginative, wild. The girls promise to be best friends and sisters after the summer is over, but Clementine's life in the city is different from Fan's life in dusty L...

• Aug-2007
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Luke can't sleep. And even when he's awake, everything is a haze; he can't engage. The senior exams are approaching, and�he hasn't finished the writing folder for Ms. Brennan. Worse yet, his mother doesn't understand what's wrong and his sister Molly...

• Apr-2007
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Freakish, thought Lily; that was the word for her family. Not freaks exactly, but all peculiar in their own way. And Lily had always been the sensible one. Sometimes she wished she could be like the other girls in her year Maybe she should fall in lo...

• Mar-2005
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Neema's great grandmother, Kalpana, is coming to visit. She's been dreaming of flying again, and now she's ready to leave her village in India.  Neema and her friend, Kate, have just started at Wentworth High. For English they have pale Ms Dalli...

• Apr-2003
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Jess was happy when her family lived by the bay, but something is wrong with their new house. Since her family moved, her sister Vida has become wild and furious and believes in all kinds of strange magic. The children begin to suspect there's a ghos...

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• Oct-1999
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A captivating blend of realism and spine-tingling suspense describes the reactions and fears of Vinny's friends and relations when he, a young man just out of school and approaching adulthood, suddenly disappears one Saturday night....

• May-1998
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Winner: 2001 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Older Readers Winner: 2001 Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award Kenny is fourteen. His dad has just died and, to keep the family together, Kenny must fin...

• Jun-1993
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• Jun-1991
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"Once again Australian author Clarke blends humor with warmth, conjuring up an assortment of peculiar adults--muddled, well-meaning folk--who ring true in surprising, subtle ways." --Booklist
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• Sep-1990
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• May-1990
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"Al comes across as a low-key Holden Caulfield. Quietly humorous in places, the book, like The Catcher in the Rye, emphasizes the main character's internal musings. Engaging, perceptive Al is a fellow worth knowing."--Publishers Weekly
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