Lord of the flies book

Illustration class project to design a book cover for Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies: Afterword by Lois Lowry | Golding, William, Lowry, Lois, Buehler, Jennifer | ISBN: 9780399501487 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.

OK, as mentioned in my previous post, I need to hustle through this review because it's the Friday before the Fourth of July, and I'm running late. But in an attempt to not fall behind on the blog too badly, I thought I would squeeze this post in. There's a lot of things to say about this book. And I think the first thing is: "WTF? Thanks, Golding, I'm totally creeped out now and terrified." I mean, look at this book cover! Could it get more disturbing? Plus, I took this book to a camping…

1954 edition

When a planeload of British schoolboys crash-lands on a deserted Pacific island, the surviving boys struggle to create order among themselves so that they have a chance at being rescued. Differing leaders emerge, but as their terror of the island's mysteries and their own fears about survival overtake them, the boys become increasingly violent. What starts with bullying a little-liked peer eventually descends into madness, murder, and anarchy. Much discussed and debated, this influential…