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RAW is a young adult novel by Australian author Scott Monk. First published by Random House Australia in 1998, it has been reprinted eleven times. RAW is a tale of a teenager named Brett Dalton who has been sentenced to three months at ''The Farm'' for a break and enter charge. Brett learns a lot about himself during his time at ''The Farm''. While there he finds love, he makes some new friends and he also manages to gain some enemies. ==Characters== *Brett Anthony Dalton is the main character who ‘doesn’t live by the rules’, sent to ''The Farm'' on break and enter charges. Throughout the book the reader gets more of an insight into why Brett acts the way he does. He doesn’t like authority figures such as Sam or the Police. This causes him to keep Tyson’s bullying to himself and to not report the man who stole his stuff from him. (p. 57) *Sam Fraser runs and owns ''The Farm''. He puts full trust in all of the boys who come to the farm. It is their decision whether they will use or abuse this trust. *Mary is Sams wife, she also helps to run ''The Farm''. *Robbie Scully (Frog) is Brett’s 12-year-old roommate (p. 34) . He is at ''The Farm'' because of shop lifting offences (p. 123). Throughout the book a brother-like relationship forms between Brett and Frog (Robbie). This leads to Brett defending Frog (p. 182). *Josh Collins is an Aboriginal boy who is at ''The Farm'' by choice. He is working at ''The Farm'' to earn money to go to university but he still has to abide by the same rules and discipline as the other boys at ''The Farm''. *Caitlyn Douglas is a young teenage girl who works at "Thompson's store". She often drops off supplies to ''The Farm''. It is here she meets Brett. Subsequently they take every chance that is given to see each other. *Rebecca Sharpe was Brett’s on-again, off-again girlfriend from home. They unexpectedly meet up when the Rodeo comes to town. *Tyson Jones is the resident bully of the Farm. He is a large pacific islander, 180 tall with a shaved head, tattooed arms and ears covered with earrings. Tyson represents a path Brett is slowly going down, He uses his size to intimidate others at the farm when Brett doesn't get intimidated, Tyson pulls a knife. 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「Raw (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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