Clarke, Judith 1943-

Overview

Works:	48 works in 213 publications in 6 languages and 7,479 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Young adult works Humorous fiction History Romance fiction Domestic fiction Fantasy fiction Historical fiction Bildungsromans
Roles:	Author
Classifications:	PR9619.3.C5394, FIC

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Judith Clarke

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[Portrait of Judith Clarke] by Polixeni Papapetrou( Visual )

Most widely held works by Judith Clarke

One whole and perfect day by Judith Clarke( Book )

11 editions published between 2006 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,606 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together

Kalpana's dream by Judith Clarke( Book )

9 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 655 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While an English class of 7B students at Wentworth High in Australia struggle with a six-week essay assignment answering, "Who am I?," one child's great-grandmother arrives unexpectedly from India to follow her dream

Wolf on the fold by Judith Clarke( Book )

21 editions published between 2000 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 636 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A series of stories that follows members of an Australian family through several generations

The winds of heaven by Judith Clarke( Book )

16 editions published between 2009 and 2012 in English and held by 609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Clementine and her cousin Fan both grow up in 1950s Australia but have very different lives, Clementine coming from a stable, city family and Fan from a broken, country home, and their destinies are also strikingly divergent

The heroic life of Al Capsella by Judith Clarke( Book )

17 editions published between 1988 and 2002 in English and German and held by 539 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fourteen-year-old Al Capsella, desperately trying to be normal and blend in with the rest of the crowd, is constantly embarrassed by his highly unconventional parents

Night train by Judith Clarke( Book )

12 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in English and German and held by 472 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

His family, peers, and teachers despair of eighteen-year-old Luke, who seems to have turned himself into a loser, failing at school, paralyzed with fear and indecision, losing touch with reality

Starry nights by Judith Clarke( Book )

11 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Guilty over their older brother's drowning and their mother's subsequent breakdown, fourteen-year-old Vida ventures into the occult but it is ten-year-old Jess who meets the ghost who is trying to help them

One whole and perfect day by Judith Clarke( Recording )

16 editions published between 2006 and 2013 in English and held by 387 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together

Al Capsella and the watchdogs by Judith Clarke( Book )

8 editions published between 1990 and 2003 in English and German and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Whether goofing off with his friends or fleeing the unwanted attentions of a girl from school, fifteen-year-old Al suffers from constant surveillance by a growing horde of watchdog parents. Sequel to "The heroic life of Al Capsella."

Riffraff by Judith Clarke( Book )

7 editions published between 1992 and 1995 in 4 languages and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An eccentric writer brings about a friendship between two unusual nine-year-olds, rowdy forceful Sophia and shy artistic Sam

The lost day by Judith Clarke( Book )

6 editions published between 1997 and 2003 in English and Danish and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On Saturday night, outside the door of the Hanging Gardens, Jasper turned his back just for a moment and his best mate Vinny disappeared. Vanished in a street of lights and clubs and cars and crowds of kids going home. On Sunday Vinny was a missing person and the world of his family and friends is turned upside down. Suggested level: secondary

Al Capsella takes a vacation by Judith Clarke( Book )

2 editions published between 1992 and 1993 in English and held by 211 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sixteen-year-old Al and his best friend Lou vacation without their parents in the wild, partying beach town of Scutchthorpe with unexpected results

Three Summers by Judith Clarke( Book )

7 editions published between 2012 and 2016 in English and held by 181 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a magnificent and deeply moving story about two girls, a life-long friendship, and the heart's search for the real true thing. A careful, gentle, deeply passionate novel about how a young love, undeclared and unfulfilled, both blights and blesses an entire lifetime, and generations beyond. This story, which begins in rural Australia in 1959 but reaches into the past and the future. When Ruth and Fee finish school, they each must make a choice. Ruth's grandmother wants her to go to university and to see every marvellous place in the world. Fee wants to stay and be a mother. But for Ruth, leaving town means leaving Tam Finn, the elusive yet entrancing boy so unlike any other she has ever met

The torment of Mr. Gully : stories of the supernatural by Judith Clarke( Book )

2 editions published between 1989 and 1990 in English and held by 169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of eleven short stories on supernatural themes

My lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke( Book )

5 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

'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 my parents about Frankie, not properly. I told them I'd made friends with the boy in the room next to mine, and how he'd come from this little town out west. I couldn't tell them how he was becoming the best thing in my world. I couldn't tell anyone, I hardly admitted it to myself.' In the 1950s, 'entering' the seminary was for ever, and young boys were gathered into the priesthood before they were old enough to know what they would lose. Tom went to St Finbar's because he was looking for something more than the ordinary happiness of his home and school. But then he discovered that being able to love another person was the most important thing of all. For Tom, loving Frankie made him part of the world. Even when Frankie was gone

Teddy B. Zoot by Judith Clarke( Book )

2 editions published between 1990 and 1992 in English and held by 149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A kindhearted teddy bear journeys to his owner's elementary school in the middle of the night to retrieve her math assignment

Friend of my heart by Judith Clarke( Book )

3 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Everyone at Mimosa High is in love but none of the relationships is working really well. A humorous story of Daz, her friends, and her search for Bonny Lewis, her grandmother's oldest friend

Wolf on the fold by Judith Clarke( Recording )

11 editions published between 2001 and 2014 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kenny is fourteen. His dad has just died and to keep the family together, Kenny must find work. 'Be careful going through the flatlands, ' his mother warns him. 'Don't stop for anyone'. But Kenny does stop, and what happens next will define the man he becomes. With subtle, evocative prose, and characters you will grow to love, Wolf on the Fold journeys through the generations of Kenny's family, examining those critical moments when youth collides with the adult world

The boy on the lake : stories of the supernatural by Judith Clarke( Book )

1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Eleven stories in which a supernatural element intrudes on daily life at home or school

Big night out by Judith Clarke( Book )

3 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Three underage friends sneak out to a pub for a "big night out" which goes from bad to worse as having lost their bus fare home, they find themselves being pusued through a hostile working class area by a group of thugs from a posh suburb. Suggested level: junior secondary