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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Mountain Wolf
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‘Razaq Nadeem lives in the tribal area of Kala Dhaka, known as Black Mountain, in Pakistan. When an earthquake strikes the area, and his family is lost, Razaq is told by his dying father to flee to Rawalpindi, where his uncle Kamil lives. ‘In the aftermath of the quake, all is chaos. Razaq attends a school set up by aid workers for the homeless, learns some English and helps with the younger boys. But danger is around every corner. Razaq is sold into slavery by a man preying on orphans in the area and desperate to escape the virtual imprisonment of washing dishes in a teashop for no wages, he heads for the streets, only to be betrayed and returned. Razaq′s unusual and exotic looks attract the attention of a customer at the teashop, with disastrous results. Sold once more, he must watch as Tahira, a girl he becomes fond of, is sold to a rich man. Razaq and Tahira meet again, but despair of their fate as they grow older. A way out is eventually offered by Majeed, a social worker, but only after a hair-raising escape’ (Source: publisher's blurb).

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  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it is set in Pakistan.

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Mountain Wolf by Rosanne Hawke Sharon McGuinness , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , June 2012;

— Review of Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work novel
Best in Print 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 December 2012; (p. 30)
Now, Read This Stephen Romei , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 22-23) The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 14-25)
[Review] Mountain Wolf Stella Lees , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012; (p. 12)

— Review of Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work novel
Trading Children : Rosanne Hawke on Writing Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012; (p. 11-12)
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 May 2012; (p. 30)

— Review of Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Leanne Croker , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 - 20 May 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work novel
[Review] Mountain Wolf Joy Lawn , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 40)

— Review of Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work novel
[Review] Mountain Wolf Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 June 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work novel
[Review] Mountain Wolf Stella Lees , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012; (p. 12)

— Review of Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work novel
Trading Children : Rosanne Hawke on Writing Mountain Wolf Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012; (p. 11-12)
Now, Read This Stephen Romei , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 22-23) The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 14-25)
Best in Print 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 December 2012; (p. 30)
Natural Disasters : The Inspiration Behind 'Mountain Wolf' Rosanne Hawke , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 56 no. 3 2012; (p. 15-16)
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