Faber & Faber

Finished April 2008

Description
A group of boys stranded on a remote island organizes itself into a democracy for it's members' survival and rescue. Soon, however, the boys' fear of the unknown drives them into a tribal war that brings out in them humanity's darker side.

Review
This wasn't a book that I would have chosen to read on my own. It was a book I had to read for school, grade 10. Safe to say it wasn't my favourite book. It was quite disturbing at parts and at times it seemed quite unrealistic that something like this would happen to such young boys. Even though it was one of the better books that I have had to read for school, it still was too slow paced for my liking and just plain weird.