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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been translated into Japanese and Chinese, and has an Asian-Australian character, Lee, of Thai and Vietnamese heritage.
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Preppers and Survivalism in the AustLit Database
This work has been affiliated with the Preppers and Survivalism project due to its relationship to either prepping or prepper-inflected survivalism more generally, and contains one or more of the following:
1. A strong belief in some imminent threat
2. Taking active steps to prepare for that perceived threat- A range of activities not necessarily associated with ‘prepping’ take on new significance, when they are undertaken with the express purpose of preparing for and/or surviving perceived threats, e.g., gardening, abseiling.
- The plausibility of the threat, and the relative “reasonable-ness” of the response, don’t affect this definition. E.g., if someone is worried about climate change and climate disasters, and they respond by moving from a riverbank location in Cairns, or to a highland region of New Zealand, this makes them a prepper. If someone else is worried about brainwashing rays from outer space, and they respond by making a tinfoil hat, that makes them a prepper.
3. A character or characters (or text) who self-identify as a ‘prepper’, or some synonymous/modified term: ‘financial preppers’, ‘weekend preppers’, ‘fitness preppers’, etc.
As a tier two work, this text has been identified as key to prepping in a broader, more conceptual relationship. These texts have been classified as ‘key’ prepper-adjacent texts that are important to prepping, even if they themselves are not about prepping or do not include preppers. These texts have been identified in the database through various means such as interviews with preppers, scholarship on preppers, and online prepper forums.
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Works about this Work
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[Review] Darkness, Be My Friend
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 41 no. 1 1997; (p. 29-30)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel -
John Marsden : 'Fighting On'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 173-182) -
[Review] Darkness, Be My Friend
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 11 no. 5 1996; (p. 38)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel -
'Darkness, Be My Friend' by John Marsden
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 4 no. 4 1996; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel -
A Contemporary Famous Five
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1996-1997) no. 187 1996; (p. 85-86)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel
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[Review] Darkness, Be My Friend
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 41 no. 1 1997; (p. 29-30)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel -
[Review] Darkness, Be My Friend
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 11 no. 5 1996; (p. 38)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel -
Myths That Speak to the Young
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 November 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel -
On After Darkness
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 December 1996; (p. 14)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel -
A Contemporary Famous Five
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1996-1997) no. 187 1996; (p. 85-86)
— Review of Darkness, Be My Friend 1996 single work novel -
John Marsden : 'Fighting On'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 173-182)
Awards
- 1997 winner CROW Award — Grade 6
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