'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.'
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'
''The F Team' presents a perspective on Lebanese Australia that is an overdue addition to the #LoveOzYA bookshelf.'
''The F Team' presents a perspective on Lebanese Australia that is an overdue addition to the #LoveOzYA bookshelf.'
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'
