Lord of the Flies

After a plane crash leaves a group of schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited island, they attempt to organize shelter, rules, and rescue signals without adult supervision. Their initial cooperation weakens as fear, rivalry, and the desire for power divide the group. William Golding uses the island community to examine authority, violence, conformity, and the fragile boundaries of social order. This physical paperback is an adult literary classic frequently studied in secondary and university courses, with disturbing themes that make the existing adult classification more appropriate than a children's category.