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'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.
'This Text Classics edition of one of Australia’s most loved coming-of-age novels comes with a new introduction by Michael McGirr, author of the bestseller Things You Get for Free. (Publication summary : Text Classics)
Adaptations
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form
y
All the Green Years
( dir. Douglas Sharp
)
Melbourne
:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
,
1980
6976795
1980
series - publisher
film/TV
Coming-of-age story of a young boy living in Melbourne in 1929.
Contents
- Introduction, essay
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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[Review] All the Green Year
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 20 no. 4 2012; (p. 10-11)
— Review of All the Green Year 1965 single work novel -
Fiction : Pick of the Week
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 29 September 2012; (p. 26) The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 September 2012; (p. 32)
— Review of All the Green Year 1965 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 September 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of All the Green Year 1965 single work novel -
Introduction
2012
essay
— Appears in: All the Green Year 2012; -
Searching for an Aussie 'Tom Sawyer' -- The Classic Boy
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August-December vol. 5 no. 2-3 1994; (p. 63-67) In this essay, Anthony Ross searches for an Australian novel comparable in structure, plot and characterisation to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Ross canvasses a range of works which depict a mainstream Australian boyhood, naming Don Charlwood's novel All The Green Year as 'the ranking contender for an Aussie Tom Sawyer' (63). The basis for this claim rests upon a perceived need for child readers to identify with a text by saying 'that is how I am now' (66) an element Ross finds in Charlwood's novel which he describes as 'episodic, adventurous and fun' (67).
-
In Short : Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 September 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of All the Green Year 1965 single work novel -
Fiction : Pick of the Week
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 29 September 2012; (p. 26) The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 September 2012; (p. 32)
— Review of All the Green Year 1965 single work novel -
[Review] All the Green Year
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 20 no. 4 2012; (p. 10-11)
— Review of All the Green Year 1965 single work novel -
[Review] All the Green Year
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 February. 1966; (p. 16)
— Review of All the Green Year 1965 single work novel -
[Review] All the Green Year
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 May. 1966; (p. 25)
— Review of All the Green Year 1965 single work novel -
Searching for an Aussie 'Tom Sawyer' -- The Classic Boy
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August-December vol. 5 no. 2-3 1994; (p. 63-67) In this essay, Anthony Ross searches for an Australian novel comparable in structure, plot and characterisation to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Ross canvasses a range of works which depict a mainstream Australian boyhood, naming Don Charlwood's novel All The Green Year as 'the ranking contender for an Aussie Tom Sawyer' (63). The basis for this claim rests upon a perceived need for child readers to identify with a text by saying 'that is how I am now' (66) an element Ross finds in Charlwood's novel which he describes as 'episodic, adventurous and fun' (67). -
Introduction
2012
essay
— Appears in: All the Green Year 2012;
- Country towns,
- Coast,
- Frankston, Frankston area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1920s