{"product_id":"9781921961724","title":"All the Green Year","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e First published in 1965, and subsequently made into a popular ABC TV series, \u003ci\u003eAll the Green Year\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThings You Get for Free\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDon Charlwood\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Melbourne in 1915. He joined the RAAF in 1940, and his wartime experience and subsequent career in air-traffic control took him throughout Australia, and to New Guinea, the United Kingdom and Canada. Among Don's many books are his acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eNo Moon Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), an account of his time with Bomber Command, and a two-volume autobiography. Don was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to literature in 1992. He died in June 2012, shortly before the Text Classic edition of \u003ci\u003eAll the Green Year\u003c\/i\u003e was published.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael McGirr\u003c\/b\u003e, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBypass: The Story of a Road\u003c\/i\u003e, is the head of faith and mission at St Kevin's College in Melbourne.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etextclassics.com.au\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Charlwood catches the idiom of his characters, projects them and brings them to glowing life.' \u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'It has the Huckleberry Finn touch.' \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157733622000,"sku":"9781921961724","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921961724_p0.jpg?v=1763632013","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921961724","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}