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Lord of the Flies |
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William Golding |
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This novel is the story of a group of British school boys stranded on an island at the start of WWIII. When their plane crashes, the adults with them are killed and they are forced to survive on their own. For a while, everything is fine, but after a while, tension increases. It finally mounts to the bursting point, and horrible acts are committed. This tragic and terrifying story is haunting in its reality. It was written in 1954, at the time when nuclear war was truly imminent, and has been called a parable of those frightening times. This is a book that will keep you reading, guessing, and hoping for a rescue.
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