'The year I remember best from those days is 1929. This was the year I turned fourteen and went into the eighth grade; the year too that Grandfather McDonald became peculiar and we moved to live with him in his house on the cliffs.'
It was the end of an era; a year of 'outlandish happenings'; a time when everything seemed to change for Charlie Reeve, a daydreaming lad growing up in a small town on the Mornington Peninsula.
His teacher and dad are giving him a hard time, his neighbour Squid keeps getting him into trouble, and his best mate Johnno is busy seeing a girl-which leads Charlie to a nasty fight with Big Simmons.
First published in 1965, and subsequently made into a popular ABC TV series, All the Green Year is the story of a boy's journey towards adulthood-'not only the humour of it but its drama and pain', as the 96-year-old Don Charlwood writes in his revised afterword.
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By:
Don Charlwood Introduction by:
Michael McGirr Imprint: Text Publishing Company Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 213g ISBN:9781922079428 ISBN 10: 1922079421 Publication Date:22 August 2012 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
