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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Liana's Dance
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'Sixteen-year-old Liana Bedford lives in constant fear. Political tensions in Pakistan are rising and terrorist attacks are becoming an everyday norm. As a Pakistani-Australian, she could be the next target. When her school friends are taken hostage by terrorists, Liana's world disappears overnight. Alongside her new teacher, Mr Kimberley, she must journey through rural Pakistan in a bid to find them and bring them home. But Mr Kimberley has a secret, and to save him and her friends, Liana must overcome her fears. And dance for her life. An unforgettable story about one Pakistani-Australian's will to survive. Liana's Dance is a stand alone novel from Rosanne Hawke, inspired by a character from Rosanne's Beyond Borders series.' 

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  • Liana's Dance is inspired by a character from the author's Beyond Borders series.

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    • Capalaba, Redland area, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,: Rhiza Press , 2017 .
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      Extent: 181p.
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      • Published: 1st August 2017
         

      ISBN: 9781925139914

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Works about this Work

[Review] Liana's Dance Lyn Linning , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , November vol. 32 no. 5 2017; (p. 42)

— Review of Liana's Dance Rosanne Hawke , 2017 single work novel

'European. American and Australian ex-patriots living in Pakistan have much to fear in time of political, social, religious and racial tensions. Liana's father is Australian, her mother is Pakistani. both are devout Christians working in rural village surroundings. so Liana attends an international school as a boarder.' (Introduction)

[Review] Liana's Dance Lyn Linning , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , November vol. 32 no. 5 2017; (p. 42)

— Review of Liana's Dance Rosanne Hawke , 2017 single work novel

'European. American and Australian ex-patriots living in Pakistan have much to fear in time of political, social, religious and racial tensions. Liana's father is Australian, her mother is Pakistani. both are devout Christians working in rural village surroundings. so Liana attends an international school as a boarder.' (Introduction)

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