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''Destroying Avalon'' is a 2006 children's novel by Australian author Kate McCaffrey. The story follows fourteen-year-old Avalon as she moves from the country to an urban high school.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Destroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey )〕 In 2006, the book was the winning entry in the "Young Adult's Books" category of the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Western Australian Premier's Book Awards - 2006 Winners )〕 In 2010, the book was added to the optional reading list for the New South Wales HSC English syllabus in Australia. ==Synopsis== Avalon and her family move from Grace Point to a coastal suburb in Perth for the start of Year 10. Her new school is huge, an environment vastly different to her old country school. Quickly she learns the schoolyard politics, the class system in place, from Group A — the Bitches — to Group Z — the Weirdos and Queeros. Intimidated by the sophistication of the other students and embarrassed by her sheltered background Avalon attempts to ingratiate herself with the popular crowd. Within the first two days she is rebuffed by the popular group for an errant comment and as a consolation, she is befriended by the social outcasts, the Weirdos and Queeros. Desperate not to be labelled the same, Avalon attempts to find another social group but her advances are crushed by the Bitches, who make their feelings to the school body known.〔(Teacher's Notes )〕 A text message directing her to an email leads her to a blog site, used by students at her school, and a hate campaign begins. Daily, vicious lies are spread about her across the Net and through text messages. The organiser of the hate campaign is Dragon Girl — who Avalon believes is Alice, the leader of the Bitches. Avalon is hassled at school by students she does not even know and becomes obsessed and introverted at home, spending hours surfing the Net. After several weeks the attack against her dies down, but then she learns that her friend Marshall is being targeted. The attacks against him become physical and he is assaulted at school. In a confrontation on the school grounds Tamara, another of Avalon's friends, breaks a bully's nose and the small group is called to Administration, to be dealt with by teaching staff. Avalon and Marshall are terrified of discovery. Marshall is frightened of the consequences of being labelled a dobber, and Avalon is worried about her parents' reaction. Finally the stress breaks Avalon's resolve to keep the secret and she reveals all to her parents. The cyber campaign is exposed and her parents spring into action. Unfortunately it is too late. At the same time Avalon confesses, Marshall has been beaten up on his way home from school. Also broken, he falls into deep despair and ends his own life. The police investigate his suicide. Computers are accessed and charges of cyber stalking are laid against the culprits. The identity of Dragon Girl is finally revealed to Avalon as her own insecure and socially inept friend Sukey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Destroying Avalon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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