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Adaptation of
I Own the Racecourse!
1968
single work
children's fiction
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First known date:
1975...
1975
I Own the Racecourse
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Andy, a developmentally delayed boy, believes he has bought a Sydney racecourse from a tramp for $3.
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A tele-movie version of I Own the Racecourse was made by Barron Films in 1986.
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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'.
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