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'Meet Tariq Nader, leader of ‘The Wolf Pack’ at Punchbowl High, who has been commanded by the new principal to join a football competition with his mates in order to rehabilitate the public image of their school. When the team is formed, Tariq learns there’s a major catch – half of the team is made up of white boys from Cronulla, aka enemy territory – and he must compete with their strongest player for captaincy of the team.
'At school Tariq thinks he has life all figured out until he falls for a new girl called Jamila, who challenges everything he thought he knew. At home, his outspoken ways have brought him into conflict with his family. Now, with complications on all fronts, he has to dig deep to control his anger, and find what it takes to be a leader.
'In confronting and often hilarious situations, Tariq’s relationships with his extended Lebanese family and his friends are tested like never before, and he comes to learn that his choices can have serious consequences.'
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Works about this Work
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Book It In : Rawah Arja
Zoya Patel
(interviewer),
2022
23740974
2022
single work
podcast
interview
'Rawah Arja was determined to write a YA novel for – and about – teenage boys in Western Sydney. She tells Zoya Patel about how she created a story about religion, rivalries, romance, racism and redemption in The F Team'
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Books Roundup
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2020;
— Review of The F Team 2020 single work novel ; Poly 2020 single work novel ; Revenge : Murder in Three Parts 2020 single work novel ; Ordinary Matter 2020 selected work short story ; State Highway One 2020 single work novel -
Rawah Arja, The F Team
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 3-9 October 2020;
— Review of The F Team 2020 single work novel
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Rawah Arja, The F Team
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 3-9 October 2020;
— Review of The F Team 2020 single work novel -
Books Roundup
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2020;
— Review of The F Team 2020 single work novel ; Poly 2020 single work novel ; Revenge : Murder in Three Parts 2020 single work novel ; Ordinary Matter 2020 selected work short story ; State Highway One 2020 single work novel -
y
Book It In : Rawah Arja
Zoya Patel
(interviewer),
2022
23740974
2022
single work
podcast
interview
'Rawah Arja was determined to write a YA novel for – and about – teenage boys in Western Sydney. She tells Zoya Patel about how she created a story about religion, rivalries, romance, racism and redemption in The F Team'
Awards
- 2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Multicultural NSW Award
- 2021 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2021 shortlisted Readings Prizes — The Readings Young Adult Book Prize
- 2021 shortlisted Russell Prize for Humour Writing
- 2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
- Cronulla, Caringbah - Cronulla area, Sutherland area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
- Punchbowl, Bankstown area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales,