Gillian Philip’s latest book is Mysteries of Ravenstorm Island: The Lost Children. One of her ten top islands in children's fiction, as shared at the Guardian:Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The island where the boys’ plane crashes is a character all by itself: the shore “fledged with palm trees”, the haze of heat, the clear water that’s warmer than blood. The boys who are so out of place





