Query: Children's and Political novels set on islands
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Floodland (novel)
The Guardians (Christopher novel)
X Isle
Bókasafn Ömmu Huldar
Skeleton Key (novel)
Lord of the Flies
Evidence from documents: Floodland (novel): Children's: '''''Floodland''''' is a children's fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published on 2 March 2000 by Orion Children's Books.
novels set on islands: ''Floodland'' is set in the near future where most of the United Kingdom is covered by water. The story is about a ten-year-old girl named Zoe who is left behind after her parents leave the island before the floods.
The Guardians (Christopher novel): The Guardians''''' is a young-adult science fiction novel written by John Christopher and published by Hamilton in 1970
X Isle: But when they get to the island they discover conditions are harsh for the boys and that Preacher John, the head of the Eck family is a religious fanatic.
Bókasafn Ömmu Huldar: '''''Bókasafn Ömmu Huldar''''' (literally 'Granny Huld's Library', but in the author's preferred English translation ''Grandmother's Library'') is the third novel by the Icelandic author Þórarinn Leifsson. It won the Reykjavik Children's Book Prize in 2010 and was nominated for the Nordic Children's Book Prize in 2011 – an award given out every two years by librarians in the Nordic countries. The book was, in the assessment of Natalie M. Van Deusen, 'inspired by the recent Icelandic financial crisis'.
Skeleton Key (novel): On the fictional island of Skeleton Key, off the coast of Cuba, three men meet and supply General Alexei Sarov with uranium. In the process they attempt to blackmail him into giving them
Lord of the Flies: The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves.