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Lord of the flies / William Golding.

Golding, William, 1911-1993 (author.).

Summary:

At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do anything they want. Anything. They attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin and evil. And as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far from reality as the hope of being rescued. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies is perhaps our most memorable tale about “the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart.”

Record details

ISBN: 9780143124290
Physical Description: 240 pages ; 20 cm
Edition: Hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2013.
Copyright: ©1982

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	The sound of the shell -- Fire on the mountain -- Huts on the beach -- Painted faces and long hair -- Beast from water -- Beast from air -- Shadows and tall trees -- Gift for the darkness -- A view to a death -- The shell and the glasses -- Castle rock -- Cry of the hunters.
Target Audience Note:	770L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 5 9 744.