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Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 I Own the Racecourse!
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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 separately published work icon 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 separately published work icon I Own the Racecourse Stephen Ramsey , John Edwards , ( 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

  • 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

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Harcourt Brace & World ,       1968 .
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      Alternative title: A Racecourse for Andy
      Extent: 156p.
      Description: illus.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,: Hutchinson ,       1968 .
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      Extent: 159p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1972 , 1996
      ISBN: 0090852206
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Harmondsworth, Middlesex,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Penguin ; Puffin ,       1971 .
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      Extent: 155p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1975 , 1994
      ISBN: 0140304525
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2013 .
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      Extent: 192p.
      Note/s:
      ISBN: 9781922147028
      Series: y separately published work icon Text Classics Text Publishing (publisher), Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2012- Z1851461 2012 series - publisher novel 'Great books by great Australian storytellers.' (Text website.)
Alternative title: Banen er min!
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Works about this Work

Children’s Books a Healing Tool Linda Morris , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 2014; (p. 16)
Writers Who Shaped Our Literature Stella Lees , 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 Ivan Southall , 1962 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction ; They Found a Cave Nan Chauncy , 1948 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden Joan Phipson , 1982 single work children's fiction

Reviews of the Text Classics editions of The Watcher in the Garden, I Own the Racecourse!, Hills End and They Found a Cave.
Untitled 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 August 1986; (p. 7)
— Review of I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction
Patricia Wrightson : At the Edge of Australian Vision Walter McVitty , 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 Margaret Balderson , 1968 single work novel ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction ; Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction
Untitled Eve Pownall , 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 Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 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! Patricia Wrightson , 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 Margaret Balderson , 1968 single work novel ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction ; Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction
Writers Who Shaped Our Literature Stella Lees , 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 Ivan Southall , 1962 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction ; They Found a Cave Nan Chauncy , 1948 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden Joan Phipson , 1982 single work children's fiction

Reviews of the Text Classics editions of The Watcher in the Garden, I Own the Racecourse!, Hills End and They Found a Cave.
Patricia Wrightson : At the Edge of Australian Vision Walter McVitty , 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 Linda Morris , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 2014; (p. 16)
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