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James Aldridge James Aldridge i(A29859 works by) (a.k.a. Harold Edward James Aldridge)
Born: Established: 10 Jul 1918 White Hills, Bendigo, Bendigo area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 2015
Gender: Male
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1 4 y separately published work icon The Wings of Kitty St Clair James Aldridge , Camberwell : Penguin , 2006 Z1259620 2006 single work novel young adult
1 The Dog Who Lost His Memory James Aldridge , 2003 single work short story children's
— Appears in: Kids' Night In 2003; (p. 28-41)
1 9 y separately published work icon The Girl from the Sea James Aldridge , Camberwell : Penguin , 2002 Z980592 2002 single work novel young adult
1 7 y separately published work icon The True Story of Lola Mackellar James Aldridge , Ringwood : Puffin , 1993 Z144951 1993 single work novel young adult

Lola is brought from a foster home in Melbourne to the country town of St. Helen by the wealthy Eyres when she is five, but it isn't until eight years later that the secret of her true identity is slowly and painfully revealed.

(Source: Trove)
5 The True Story of Spit MacPhee James Aldridge , 1986 extract novel (The True Story of Spit MacPhee)
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Magazine , 29-30 March 1986; (p. 1-2) The people of St. Helen are concerned for young Spit MacPhee. Spit lives a hand to mouth existence with his eccentric grandfather, Fyle MacPhee, in an old shanty on the banks of the Murray River. When old Fyle dies the townspeople seize the opportunity to do something about the vagabond Spit. He finds himself the subject of a dramatic court case which polarises the religious and moral attitudes of a typical Australian country town in the 1930s. Yet, such is the strength of young Spit's character that, when the truth about his life with his grandfather is revealed, no one is left unchanged. (Source: Trove)
3 13 y separately published work icon The True Story of Spit MacPhee James Aldridge , Ringwood : Viking , 1986 Z861914 1986 single work children's fiction children's "When young Spit MacPhee came to live with his grandfather, the people of the Australian country town of St Helen feared for his future. For Fyfe MacPhee was a crazy old man, and barefoot Spit had to fend for himself along the riverbank where they lived."
7 16 y separately published work icon The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , Melbourne : Hyland House , 1984 Z831040 1984 single work novel young adult 'A wealthy woman takes on the daughter of a poor family to try to tame her, but she doesn't account for Lilli's determination to be herself.'
9 1 y separately published work icon The Broken Saddle James Aldridge , London : Julia MacRae Books , 1982 Z835408 1982 single work children's fiction children's Eric enlivens his lonely life in a small Australian town by trying to break the wild pony his traveling father has left with him.
2 y separately published work icon Goodbye Un-America James Aldridge , London : Michael Joseph , 1979 Z814574 1979 single work novel
7 1 y separately published work icon One Last Glimpse James Aldridge , Boston : Little, Brown , 1977 Z227443 1977 single work novel
4 1 y separately published work icon The Untouchable Juli James Aldridge , London : Michael Joseph , 1975 Z364752 1975 single work novel Ignorance and bigotry in a small Australian town during the Depression lead to tragedy for a boy whose strange ways are rejected by the townspeople.
9 y separately published work icon The Marvellous Mongolian James Aldridge , London : Macmillan , 1974 Z960631 1974 single work children's fiction children's To Baryut, Tachi is a marvellous stallion, roaming Mongolia. Kitty's favourite is Peep, her Shetland pony. Tachi is imported to the Welsh nature reserve on which Kitty lives, and Peep is to be Tachi's companion. Kitty is terribly worried in case Peep is hurt, and Baryut worries that Tachi cannot be contained in the Welsh hills. (Source: Bookseller's website)
8 y separately published work icon Mockery in Arms James Aldridge , 1974 London : Michael Joseph , 1974 Z576676 1974 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Der letzte Flug: Erzählungen James Aldridge , Berlin : Aufbau , 1973 Z803550 1973 selected work short story
9 3 y separately published work icon A Sporting Proposition James Aldridge , London : Michael Joseph , 1973 Z502782 1973 single work novel young adult 'Scotty Pirie, the thirteen-year-old son of a poor farmer and Josie Eyre, the crippled daughter of the wealthiest man in a small Australian country town, both claim the same sturdy Welsh pony as their own. The book details how their struggles for ownership divide the whole town, and how the issue is finally settled by the townspeople.' (Source: Back cover)
1 y separately published work icon Branets ' svoiei zemli [and] Pidstupna hra James Aldridge , ( trans. Pavlo S. Sharandak )expression Kyiv : Dnipro Publishers , 1971 Z1535746 1971 selected work novel
1 y separately published work icon Plennik chuzhoi strany [and] Opasnai a igra : romany James Aldridge , ( trans. E. Gol'shevoi et. al.agent )expression Moscow : Progress Publishers , 1969 Z1533711 1969 selected work novel
2 y separately published work icon Cairo James Aldridge , Boston : Little, Brown , 1969 Z814565 1969 single work
1 y separately published work icon Living Egypt James Aldridge , London : MacGibbon and Kee , 1969 Z814562 1969 single work
1 y separately published work icon Such Is Life Jack Lindsay , James Aldridge , Berlin : Volk und Wissen , 1967 Z1204229 1967 selected work extract short story

English language publication designed for school use. Text adapted from the originals by Frutz Klein.
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