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A boy who has an intellectual disability thinks he has bought a race track for three dollars, and until a solution to the problem can be found, only the patience and understanding of his friends keep him from being hurt by the truth.
Adaptations
- form y I Own the Racecourse Darrol Blake , ( dir. Darrell Blake ) United States of America (USA) : Learning Corporation , 1975 Z900107 1975 single work film/TV children's Andy, a developmentally delayed boy, believes he has bought a Sydney racecourse from a tramp for $3.
- form y I Own the Racecourse ( dir. Stephen Ramsey ) Perth : Barron Entertainment , 1986 Z1665438 1986 single work film/TV A touching story of a likable, developmentally delayed teenage boy who believes he has bought a major Sydney racecourse for $20. Based on the classic Australian novel of the same name by Patricia Wrightson.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Intellectual disability (unspecified). Type of character Primary. Point of view Third person. Note: Andy Hoddel's particular intellectual disability is not specified in the book: Wrightson describes him as living ' behind a closed window'.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille and sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Children’s Books a Healing Tool
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 2014; (p. 16) -
Writers Who Shaped Our Literature
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2013; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Hills End 1962 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction ; They Found a Cave 1948 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden 1982 single work children's fictionReviews of the Text Classics editions of The Watcher in the Garden, I Own the Racecourse!, Hills End and They Found a Cave.
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Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 August 1986; (p. 7)
— Review of I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction -
Patricia Wrightson : At the Edge of Australian Vision
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 99-130) -
Children's Book Council of Australia 1969 Judges' Report--Book Awards
1969
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 33 1969; (p. 7-9)
— Review of When Jays Fly to Barbmo 1968 single work novel ; I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction ; Let the Balloon Go 1968 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , December no. 31 1968; (p. 15-17)
— Review of Let the Balloon Go 1968 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 August 1986; (p. 7)
— Review of I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction -
Children's Book Council of Australia 1969 Judges' Report--Book Awards
1969
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 33 1969; (p. 7-9)
— Review of When Jays Fly to Barbmo 1968 single work novel ; I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction ; Let the Balloon Go 1968 single work children's fiction -
Writers Who Shaped Our Literature
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2013; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Hills End 1962 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction ; They Found a Cave 1948 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden 1982 single work children's fictionReviews of the Text Classics editions of The Watcher in the Garden, I Own the Racecourse!, Hills End and They Found a Cave.
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Patricia Wrightson : At the Edge of Australian Vision
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 99-130) -
Children’s Books a Healing Tool
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 2014; (p. 16)
Awards
- 1970 IBBY Honour Diploma — Writing
- 1969 highly commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
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