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Before The Hunger Games there was Lord of the Flies 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....

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Main Author: Golding, William, 1911-1993
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Language:English
Published: 1959.
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Summary:Before The Hunger Games there was Lord of the Flies 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 compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Format:Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 533 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB).
Audience:Grade 3 - Grade 4
ISBN:9781101158104
Author Notes:William Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University. His first book, Poems , was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy during World War II, Golding wrote Lord of the Flies while teaching school. It was the first of several works, including the novels Pincher Martin , Free Fall , and The Inheritors and a play, The Brass Butterfly , which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

Lois Lowry is the two-time Newbery Award-winning author of Number the Stars , The Giver Quartet , and numerous other books for young adults.

Jennifer Buehler is an associate professor of educational studies at Saint Louis University and President of The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English.

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