Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingA plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they discover fantastic wildlife and dazzling beaches, learning to survive; at night, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, it isn't long before their innocent childhood games devolve into a savage, murderous hunt

over the course of one blustery end-of-summer weekend

the priest dismissed the idea: she knew no one in the law

the life of a body menaced and condemned to wander in a terrifying place - but a body fully alive to the sensuous pleasures of the world

'As skilful

in search of a new life at just sixteen

'Nobber is hallucinatory and sly

A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement

Embarrassment

rubber gloves

and has become a modern classic

From the inspired pairing behind the award-winning The Lost Words comes a luminous hymn to nature and language adorned with Jackie Morris’s exquisite illustrations of beloved woodland creatures

while Marianne is a loner