Fighting Ruben Wolfe
{{Short description|2000 novel by Markus Zusak}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = Fighting Ruben Wolfe
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = FightingRubenWolfe.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Markus Zusak
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| country = Australia
| language = English
| series = Wolfe Trilogy
| genre = Young-adult novel
| publisher = Vintage
| release_date = 1 April 2000
| media_type = Print
| pages = 156 pp.
| isbn = 1862914311
| preceded_by = The Underdog
| followed_by = When Dogs Cry
| awards =
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Fighting Ruben Wolfe is a young adult fiction novel by Markus Zusak. Originally published in Australia by Omnibus in 2000.{{cite web|title= Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak (Omnibus, 2000)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1819332 |access-date= 4 June 2025}}
Fighting Ruben Wolfe is the second book featuring brothers Cameron and Ruben Wolfe and their family. The first book is The Underdog and the third book is When Dogs Cry. These books are referred to as the Wolfe Trilogy.{{cite web|title= Wolfe Trilogy by Markus Zusak|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C436637|access-date= 4 June 2025}}
Synopsis
Brothers Cameron and Ruben Wolfe join a boxing circuit in order to earn some money for themselves and their family. But they learn that there isn't much glamour in such a life.
Publishing history
After the novel's initial publication in Australia by Omnibus Books in 2000 it was reprinted as follows:
- Arthur A. Levine Books (an imprint of Scholastic Press), USA, 2001{{cite web|title= Austlit — Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C385819|access-date= 4 June 2025}}
- Definitions, UK, 2013
- Omninbus Books, Australia, 2007,{{cite web|title= Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak (Omnibus, 2007)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3967864 |access-date= 4 June 2025}} 2019{{cite web|title= Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak (Omnibus, 2019)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8050719 |access-date= 4 June 2025}} and 2023{{cite web|title= Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak (Omnibus, 2023)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/10016314 |access-date= 4 June 2025}}
The novel was also translated into Danish, Polish and Japanese in 2003; Dutch in 2004; Swedish in 2009; German in 2010; Korean in 2012; Turkish in 2013; and Bulgarian in 2014.
Awards
In 2001, Fighting Ruben Wolfe was named an honour book for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers.{{cite web|title="CBCA Awards – Winners 2000-2006" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105155208/http://cbca.org.au/2009.htm|access-date= 20 April 2024}}
References
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
{{Markus Zusak}}
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Category:2000 Australian novels