Synopses & Reviews
A tender novel about a boy with an intellectual disability who believes he has bought a racecourse from an old tramp for $3.00. His friends are horrified, but then things take an unexpected and magical turn.
A wonderful book for opening up classroom or family discussion about disability and about the importance of friendship.
Synopsis
A children's classic about a boy with a disability, published in the US in 1968 as A Racecourse For Andy.
About the Author
Patricia Wrightson was born in Bangalow, in regional Australia, in 1921. She was the author of twenty-seven children's novels including Nargun and the Stars, The Ice is Coming and The Crooked Snake. She won the CBCA Book of the Year four times and was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Dromkeen Medal and Order of the British Empire for her contribution to literature. Patricia Wrightson died in 2010.