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Rafferty Rides a Winner

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Book by Joan Woodberry
Rafferty Rides a Winner
AuthorJoan Woodberry
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fiction
PublisherParrish, London
Publication date1961
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages187pp
Preceded byFloodtide for Rafferty 
Followed byCome Back Peter 

Rafferty Rides a Winner (1961) is a novel for children by Australian author Joan Woodberry, illustrated by the author. It was joint winner of the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1962.

Plot outline

Rafferty, an English boy attempting to learn how to become Australian, and his friends attempt to scrape together 60 pounds via a series of various means in order to purchase a boat.

Critical reception

While covering a selection of recent books for children in The Canberra Times in 1962, a reviewer was not at all impressed with the book: "Its plot and characters, similar to the previous two books by Miss Woodberry, follow the cheap "formula" pattern of the comic book, in which a group of slick youngsters, chattering a lot of slick slang, embark on a series of slick adventures. It offers only escape entertainment of the most mediocre kind."

See also

References

  1. "Award Winners", The Canberra Times, 7 July 1962, p17
  2. "Mediocrities, and a Fine Old Classic" by J. E. B., The Canberra Times, 28 April 1962, p16
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