In 1954,William Golding wrote a book about a bunch of boys going nuts when they were stranded on an island. But just over a decade after that fictional novel was published, it actually happened! And the real life boys behaved in a very different way to their fictional counterparts. This is an amazing story of survival, friendship and a little bit of luck!

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/13/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-mano-totau-survivor-story-shipwreck-tonga-boys-ata-island-peter-warner

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