First, there is a nuclear war occuring in the world. A plane is flying children away from the turmoil in England. It crashes in the middle of an island in the Pacific, and appearantly the pilot dies leaving only children on the island. From this point on you have to be aware that the plot in this book plays a very minor role in its understanding. Two boys, Piggy and Ralph, happen to have found …showed first 75 words of 1787 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1787 total…while Ralph is getting tired, he runs into a naval officer who rescues them. That was as breif AND thourough as I could do. It really is a good book if you don't have some teacher breathing down your neck and telling u that u have a test the next day, but those are my personal problems. I Really, Really, Really hoped this helped, cuz it took me a long time! Have fun! (no, really!)