A mentally retarded boy 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.
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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.
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Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR009660456
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Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Paperback. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Horder, Margaret (illustrator). Reprint; First Printing. Some reading and cover corner creases, slight shelf wear and edge wear, lightly sunned spine, heavy foxing to inside covers and endpapers, last few pages slighly uneven as though reglued. ; First printing of Puffin mass market edition, 1971. Good reading copy, no names inside. Wrap around cover artwork uncredited, internal illustrtaions by Margaret Horder. ; B&W Illustrations; 160 pages; Andy Hoddel was different from other boys. He never really understood the games they played, in which they 'owned' the factories and various other things in their town, but he longed to tell them that he owned something too. Then one day he met an old tramp and paid him three dollars for Beecham Park Racecourse. When Andy's friends find out they are horrified. Andy would have to be told he'd been tricked out of his money. But how could they tell him without breaking his heart, especially when all the staff at the racecourse were now calling him the 'owner'? How could anyone take away his racecourse? Mass Market PB. Seller Inventory # 36180
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Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
paperback, edges browned, text otherwise clean and tight, cover edges rubbed, Good condition. ISBN: 0140304525. Seller Inventory # 927306
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Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Margaret Horder (illustrator). Repr. A paperback, a few page corners slightly creased, illustrated by MARGARET HORDER, vg+. Seller Inventory # 04J618
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Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Illustrated by Margaret Horder. Cover photograph from the film with Gully Coote as Andy. Mass market paperback. Printed in Australia. Very slight shelfwear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 155pp. SB-84. Seller Inventory # 026194
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Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Margaret Horder (illustrator). Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed, prev. owner's name to first page, slight leaf edge spotting); pp. 156 (last blank), [4 (pubs. advts.)], with illustrations. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 027027
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Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Margaret Horder (illustrator). A firm clean book, with the usual signs of natural age toning. 155 pages. Seller Inventory # 043110
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Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Margaret Horder (illustrator). A nice clean straight book. Seller Inventory # 025444
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