Lord of the Flies (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

xx, 307 pp. Introduction by Stephen King, foreword by Lois Lowry, reading and study guides by Jennifer Buehler following text. Also includes introductions from 1962 and 1959 editions by E.M. Forster and E.L. Epstein. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued.