Carnegies Event Week 2026: Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel with Aimée de Jongh

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Join author Aimée de Jongh for an event about Lord of the Flies, celebrating its Carnegie Illustration Medal shortlisting. Suitable for ages 13+. Before The Stand and The Hunger Games, before Battle Royale and Yellowjackets, there was Lord of the Flies. A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors, a group of schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches. By night, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast and of what they’ve lost. ‘There aren’t any grown-ups anywhere.’ Orphaned by society, they must forge their own; but it isn’t long before the group is split, and their innocent games take a dangerous turn. ‘What are we? Humans? Or Animals?’