form y separately published work icon I Own the Racecourse single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 I Own the Racecourse
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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.

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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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