![]() ![]() There Ralph, a responsible boy, is chosen chief- and a certain routine established a fire is made and to be kept going as a signal, huts are to be built, and certain of the boys are to hunt wild pig? But as the days pass in increasing discomfort, there is increasing dissension between them the littluns are frightened by the untold terrors of the dark, and the fear of breasties and bogeys spreads the duties are neglected and the older boys, save Simon and Piggy and Samneric (twins) desert Ralph, appoint a new leader, and run amok hunting savagely. ![]() During an atomic war, a group of boys aged from about six to twelve crash-land on an uninhabited tropical island. Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003Ī fantasy is a singular- and singularly believable spellbinder, and within the framework of its premises- achieves a tremendous impetus and impact. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 ![]()
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