Lord of the Flies was written partly as a “Take That:” to such books as “The Coral Island”, in which a bunch of British schoolboys are stranded on an island and maintain proper society just fine, thank you.
One of Robert A. Heinlein’s juveniles was written specifically as a reaction to Lord of the Flies, forget the title, but it has properly-trained kids being stranded and doing just fine.
Lord of the Flies was written partly as a “Take That:” to such books as “The Coral Island”, in which a bunch of British schoolboys are stranded on an island and maintain proper society just fine, thank you.
One of Robert A. Heinlein’s juveniles was written specifically as a reaction to Lord of the Flies, forget the title, but it has properly-trained kids being stranded and doing just fine.