num_pages: 347
description: The Green Years is a 1944 novel by A. J. Cronin which traces the formative years of an Irish orphan, Robert Shannon, who is sent to live with his draconian maternal grandparents in Scotland. An introspective child, Robert forms an attachment to his roguish great-grandfather, who draws the youngster out of his shell with his raucous ways.
language: English
title: The Green Years
titlecomplete: The Green Years
characters: Robert Shannon
genres: Family, Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, British Literature, Young Adult, Historical, Scotland, Historical Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 1220
places: United Kingdom, Scotland
series: Robert Shannon
publisher: Little, Brown and Company