Hi, All. I've been in correspondence with Ilene Sirocca, the one who's looking for the book about men stranded on a deserted island, arguing about a can of condensed milk, but eventually cooperating together and getting off. It's definitely not Lord of the Flies. She thanks everyone for trying to help. Below is her message. CIndy > >" ... Now back to the very original question; I just > wanted to tell you that Lord > of the Flies is very popular, i have had two more > guesses of that, one on > the list and one from a friend. ... Mr. Golding would be pleased > at least that his book > is known, although maybe not so pleased to have it > confused with what was > probably a very ordinary young people's story. Lord > of the Flies is dark, > powerful and scary; this other book was perhaps > suspenseful, but it had a > nice happy ending and everybody eventually gets > along instead of bashing > each other's brains out. If you get the chance, > please assure everybody > that Lord of the Flies is not the right answer, just > as some have already > said. It makes me feel good though that people are > interested enough to > try. > > I. > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com