Lord of the Flies
William Golding
During a war, a plane carrying a group of British schoolboys crashes on a tropical island, and no adults survive. The boys choose Ralph as their leader, make rules and light a signal fire so they can be rescued. But keeping order is harder than it looks, and some boys would rather hunt.
- Length
- About 60,000 words
- To read it
- About 40 days
- Stage
- Key Stage 3, GCSE
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why Lord of the Flies is on the list
- Year 9, Core. The books most schools teach in this year. A good place to start. GCSE set text.
- Year 10, Core. The books most schools teach in this year. A good place to start. GCSE modern text (AQA, Edexcel).
- Year 11, Core. The books most schools teach in this year. A good place to start. GCSE modern text (AQA, Edexcel).
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.