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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
The 50th Anniversary Edition of the Lord of the Flies is the volume that every fan of this classic book will have to own! Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who...
Author
Series
Sea trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Edmund Talbot, passenger on a ship in the Napoleonic era, chronicles its highly symbolic voyage, observing the rites of life in the shipboard societyin-miniature.
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Eight Neanderthals encounter another race of beings like themselves, yet strangely different. This new race, Homo sapiens, fascinating in their skills and sophistication, terrifying in their cruelty, sense of guilt, and incipient corruption, spell doom for the more gentle folk whose world they will inherit.
Author
Pub. Date
c1988.
Language
English
Description
In addition to the full text of Lord of the Flies, this volume contains statements by Golding about the novel, reminiscences of Golding by his brother, an appreciation of the novel by E. M. Forster, and a number of critical essays from various points of view. Included are psychological, religious, and literary approaches by noted scholars and studies of the novel's relation to earlier works, as well as to other writings by Golding.--Publisher description....
Author
Series
Harbrace paperbound library volume HPL 32
Pub. Date
[1956]
Language
English
Description
The sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer is miraculously cast up on a huge, barren rock in mid-Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the night cold, and the terror of his isolation. At the core of this raging tale of physical and psychological violence lies Christopher Martins will to live as the sum total of his life
Author
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Presents the text of the novel about a group of young boys who turn brutal in their efforts to survive after being stranded on an island during an atomic war, and includes statements by and about author William Golding, critical essays, and explanatory notes.
Series
Criterion collection volume 43
Pub. Date
2013, 1964.
Language
English
Description
Thirty English schoolboys are stranded on an uncharted island at the start of the "next" war. With no adults present, they quickly turn into savages.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In the 1800's a warship's perilous journey is seen through the eyes of Edmund Talbot, an ambitious young aristocrat who has embarked for Australia, where he is to receive an official position in the colonial government. On this voyage, Talbot learns more about life at sea - and himself - than he ever thought possible.
