Lord of the Flies was actually one of our novel study books in my grade 10 (15-16 year olds) English class. I really enjoyed reading that book. Those boys really went berserk on that island.

Come to think of it, my grade 9 and grade 10 English class teachers were pretty hardcore back then. We read To Kill a Mocking Bird, Watership Down, Romeo and Juliet, in grade 9 (14-15 year olds); and we had McBeth, Lord of the Flies, and one other novel that I forgot about in grade 10. I think it was always 2 novels and 1 Shakespeare for the year in terms of literary studies.

gnilma

First "adult" book you read voluntarily?

k00b

My first was [Lord of the Flies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies) by William Golding, 

An older sibling had the book prescribed at university and told me it was "about kids on an island". Well, I was a kid and it sounded like fun, so I read it.

At 14, I didn't want to believe that kids would actually behave the way Golding described it. Sort of a rude awakening for me.



