... plane, transporting a group of boys from England is attacked and crashes in the jungle. Two boys, Ralph and Piggy, meet and make their way to the beach. Upon their arrival, they discover a conch shell near the water. Using the shell as a trumpet, Ralph summons the remainder of the boys to an assembly. ... the firewatchers awaken, they are frightened by the noise and shadows made by the parachute and the dead pilot and flee in terror to the beach below. Sam and Eric arouse the others, providing an exaggerated account of how the beast attacked them, sent and expedition of boys armed with ...

• Word Count: 7266
• Approx Pages: 29
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... and this was fuelled by rumours that café owners where refusing to serve young people. The result was scuffles between the groups, which resulted in damage to windows and beach huts, and those youths with motorbikes and scooters roared up and down the promenade. This kind of scene was by no means unusual, what was different in this case was ... ...

• Word Count: 2549
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School