Andy Hoddel was different from other boys. He never really understood the game they played, in which they 'owned' the factories, the library and the police station in their town, but he longed to tell them he owned something too. Then 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 taken for a ride - but how could they tell him without breaking his heart, especially when all the staff at the racecourse were calling him the 'owner'?

 

There are 180 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Text Publishing .

Kate Constable was born in Victoria but spent much of her childhood inPapua New Guinea, without television but within reach of a library whereshe 'inhaled' stories. She studied Arts/Law at Melbourne University beforeworking part-time for a record company while she began her life as awriter. She has had stories published in Meanjin, Island and otherliterary magazines. The Singer of All Songs, The Waterless Sea and TheTenth Power form the Chanters of Tremaris series and were her first books, published by Allen + Unwin with very successful overseas sales. Kate livesin West Preston, Victoria, with her husband and two daughters.