After graduating from Oxford, he worked briefly as a theater actor and director, wrote poetry, and then became a schoolteacher. ... Golding wrote several more novels, notably "Pincher Martin" (1956), and a play, "The Brass Butterfly" (1958). ... Still others maintained that Golding wrote the novel as a criticism of the political and social institutions of the West. ... However, the boys pay more attention to playing than to monitoring the fire, and the flames quickly engulf the forest. ...

• Word Count: 11237
• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. In The Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistib...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School