Battle Royale
Language: English
Published: Mar 7, 2010
Words:
176352
Flesch:
91.08
DDC:
895.636
FAST Tags:
Japan,
Allegories,
Interpersonal relations in adolescence,
Wilderness survival,
Graphic novels,
Junior high school students,
School violence,
Alienation (Social psychology)
LCC:
PL876.A396
Book Details
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Description:
The Program is a brutal military experiment that pits junior high students against each other every year in a brutal battle to the death.
Most of the students from Shiroiwa Junior High scatter as soon as they reach the remote island where they must participate in the latest round of the Program. But Yukie Utsumi and five of her friends lock themselves in the lighthouse, clinging to a desperate hope of survival. They all trust each other, but they also know that only one can survive the Battle Royale…
A graphic novel side story of the best-selling novel Battle Royale