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Adaptation of
I Own the Racecourse!
1968
single work
children's fiction
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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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A short film version of I Own the Racecourse was made in the USA in 1975.
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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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