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.