Golding’siconic1954novel,nowwithanewforewordbyLoisLowry,remainsoneofthegreatestbookseverwrittenforyoungadultsandanunforgettableclassicforreadersofanyage.ThiseditionincludesanewSuggestionsforFurtherReadingbyJenniferBuehler.Atthedawnofthenextworldwar,aplanecrashesonanunchartedisland,strandingagroupofschoolboys.Atfirst,withnoadultsupervision,theirfreedomissomethingtocelebrate.Thisfarfromcivilizationtheycandoanythingtheywant.Anything.Butasordercollapses,asstrangehowlsechointhenight,asterrorbeginsitsreign,thehopeofadventureseemsasfarremovedfromrealityasthehopeofbeingrescued.
