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'Rosie and Nona are sisters. Yapas. They are also best friends. It doesn’t matter that Rosie is white and Nona is Aboriginal: their family connections tie them together for life.'

'The girls are inseparable until Nona moves away at the age of nine. By the time she returns, they’re in Year 10 and things have changed. Rosie prefers to hang out in the nearby mining town, where she goes to school with the glamorous Selena and her gorgeous older brother, Nick.'

'When a political announcement highlights divisions between the Aboriginal community and the mining town, Rosie is put in a difficult position: will she have to choose between her first love and her oldest friend?' (Source: Publishers website)

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      Australian Curriculum questions on Nona & Me by Clare Atkins.

      Clare Atkins discusses writing Aboriginal characters and the challenges of setting a book in an Aboriginal community.

      Clare Atkins reflects on the origins of Nona & Me. (https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/nona-and-me

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    • Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2014 .
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      Extent: 304p.
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      • First published October 2014.
      ISBN: 9781863956895
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Works about this Work

Flourishing in Country : An Examination of Well-Being in Australian YA Fiction Adrielle Britten , Brooke Collins-Gearing , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jeunesse : Young People, Texts, Culture , Winter vol. 12 no. 2 2020; (p. 15-39) 'This article is the result of a collaboration between two academics—one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous—to investigate the representation of Indigeneity in two contemporary YA novels. Melissa Lucashenko's killing Darcy is narrated by multiple Indigenous and non-Indigenous characters, whereas Clare Atkins's Nona and Me is told from the perspective of a white character and explores her relationship with an Indigenous community. Cultural identity forms a significant part of well-being, and this article investigates versions of sufficient well-being. It explores how the novels represent flourishing subjects—both Indigenous and non-Indigenous—in the context of Australia as it struggles to come to terms with its colonial past and demonstrates how cognitive mapping replaces damaging colonial assumptions about Indigenous Peoples with a model of overcoming.' (Publication abstract)
Glory for NT Kids' Authors 2015 single work column
— Appears in: NT News , 9 September 2015; (p. 10) 'Northern Territory authors scooped up the awards at Children's Book Council of Australia...'
Review : Nona & Me Angela Bevan , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , February 2015;
— Review of Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
Young Adult Fiction Joy Lawn , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 January 2015; (p. 17)
— Review of Paper Planes Allayne L. Webster , 2014 single work children's fiction ; The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel ; Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
Honest and Subtle: Writing about Sex in Young Adult Literature Erin Farrow , 2015 single work single work essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 September 2015;

'According to the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s (ARCSHS) 2013 National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health, over 34% of the Year 10-12 students surveyed reported having had sexual intercourse, while 69% have experienced some form of sexual activity.

'When sex is evidently a part of adolescent lives, it would be remiss not to include it in the literature written for them.

'So how should sex in young adult literature be depicted?'
Review : Nona and Me Jane Smith , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 29 no. 5 2014; (p. 40)
— Review of Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
Friendship across the Racial Divide Daniel Herborn , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 7 December 2014;
— Review of Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
[Review] Nona & Me Katharine England , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 November 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
Young Adult Fiction Joy Lawn , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 January 2015; (p. 17)
— Review of Paper Planes Allayne L. Webster , 2014 single work children's fiction ; The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel ; Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
Review : Nona & Me Angela Bevan , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , February 2015;
— Review of Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
Glory for NT Kids' Authors 2015 single work column
— Appears in: NT News , 9 September 2015; (p. 10) 'Northern Territory authors scooped up the awards at Children's Book Council of Australia...'
Honest and Subtle: Writing about Sex in Young Adult Literature Erin Farrow , 2015 single work single work essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 September 2015;

'According to the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s (ARCSHS) 2013 National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health, over 34% of the Year 10-12 students surveyed reported having had sexual intercourse, while 69% have experienced some form of sexual activity.

'When sex is evidently a part of adolescent lives, it would be remiss not to include it in the literature written for them.

'So how should sex in young adult literature be depicted?'
Flourishing in Country : An Examination of Well-Being in Australian YA Fiction Adrielle Britten , Brooke Collins-Gearing , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jeunesse : Young People, Texts, Culture , Winter vol. 12 no. 2 2020; (p. 15-39) 'This article is the result of a collaboration between two academics—one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous—to investigate the representation of Indigeneity in two contemporary YA novels. Melissa Lucashenko's killing Darcy is narrated by multiple Indigenous and non-Indigenous characters, whereas Clare Atkins's Nona and Me is told from the perspective of a white character and explores her relationship with an Indigenous community. Cultural identity forms a significant part of well-being, and this article investigates versions of sufficient well-being. It explores how the novels represent flourishing subjects—both Indigenous and non-Indigenous—in the context of Australia as it struggles to come to terms with its colonial past and demonstrates how cognitive mapping replaces damaging colonial assumptions about Indigenous Peoples with a model of overcoming.' (Publication abstract)
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