Have you noticed how many books and TV shows have taken the Lord of the Flies premise and run with it? This outing is definitely above average and despite coming across as a YA version of Stephen King's The Dome it holds its own with above average acting, an intelligent plot (once you get over the initial 'how it happened' piece) and a decent take on the "what ifs" - what if there were no adults, what if there was limited food, what if there was nobody to enforce the rule of law, etc.