This One is Ours
‘Clear-eyed, authentic and empathetic. I loved it.’ – Vikki Wakefield
‘A heart-swelling book of passion, protest and Paris.’ – Lili Wilkinson
Sixteen-year-old Sofie is a dreamer, an artist and a romantic.
So when she goes on exchange to Paris, she is expecting magnificent adventures of the heart and mind. Yet France isn't what she imagined. It's cold and grey, and she finds speaking another language exhausting. Sofie’s more homesick than lovesick.
But then her host sister, Delphine, and fellow artist Olivier show her a different side of Paris, and Sofie starts to question her ideas of art, beauty and meaning. Of everything. There’s truth in what her best friend, Crow, has been saying all along: the world is in crisis and people need to take notice.
But what can one girl do? Will Sofie be able to find the courage to fight for change?
This One is Ours is a call to action for anyone who feels helpless about the state of the world, as well as an ode to all the tiny beautifuls that make it worth saving.
Winner, 2021 Indie Book Awards – Young Adult Category
Longlisted, 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards – Book of the Year for Older Children
Published by University of Queensland Press
Teaching notes available for download
How to get a copy
This One is Ours is available from all bookshops in Australia.
If you would like to order a signed and personalised copy for yourself or for a gift, just buy This One is Ours through the Sun Bookshop and leave all instructions in a note upon checkout.
You can also online direct from UQP or from Booktopia, or simply ask your local bookshop. It’s easy to place an order, and you’ll be doing me a big favour by reminding them that my book exists.
Squishy Minnie – Kyneton, VIC
The Little Bookroom – Carlton North, VIC
The Avenue – Richmond & Albert Park, VIC
BookGrove – Ocean Grove, VIC
The Bookshop at Queenscliff – Queenscliff, VIC
Rabble Books – Perth, WA
Avid Reader/Where the Wild Things Are – Brisbane, QLD
Gleebooks – Glebe Sydney, NSW
Beachside Bookshop – Avalon Beach, NSW
Boffins Books – Perth, WA
The Bookshop – Darwin, NT
Readings – Carlton, VIC
Better Read Than Dead – Newtown Sydney, NSW
Potts Point Bookshop – Potts Point, Sydney, NSW
The Best Little Bookshop in Town – Cronulla, NSW
Have I missed your local? Let me know and I’ll add a link to their shop here!
Reviews
“…a hopeful exploration of art, culture and identity that will inspire readers to take action and fight for change in our current mess of a world.”
— Mischa Parkee, Books + Publishing
“…Kate O’Donnell captures that heady mix of arriving somewhere new, falling in and out of love and being open to feeling empowered to be part of great change.”
– Frances Atkinson, Sydney Morning Herald
