This is the compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral isl&. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious & life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic & death. As ordinary standards of behaviour collapse the whole world the boys know collapses with them
- the world of cricket homework & adventure stories
- & another world is revealed beneath primitive & terrible.