Rafferty Rides a Winner

{{Short description|Book by Joan Woodberry}} {{Infobox book | | name = Rafferty Rides a Winner | title_orig = | translator = | image = | caption = | author = [[Joan Woodberry]] | cover_artist = | country = Australia | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | genre = Children's fiction | publisher = Parrish, London | release_date = 1961 | media_type = Print | pages = 187pp | isbn = | preceded_by = Floodtide for Rafferty | followed_by = Come 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.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131726266 "Award Winners", ''The Canberra Times'', 7 July 1962, p17]</ref>

==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."<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104305706 "Mediocrities, and a Fine Old Classic" by J. E. B., ''The Canberra Times'', 28 April 1962, p16]</ref>

==See also== * [[1961 in Australian literature]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

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