The Coral Island by modern scholars and generally considered to be dated in many aspects, in 2006 it was voted one of the top twenty Scottish novels at the 15th International World Wide Web Conference. Robert Louis Stevenson's 1882 novel "Treasure Island" was in part inspired by "The Coral Island", which he admired for its "better qualities", as was J. M. Barrie's character Peter Pan; both Stevenson and Barrie had been "fervent boy readers" of the novel. Novelist G. A. Henty was also influenced by Ballantyne's audience-friendly method of didactism. William Golding's 1954 novel "Lord of the Flies" was written as a counterpoint
Blue Island (novel) bravado and cynicism with historical drama makes for a mostly satisfying mixture." "Publishers Weekly" called it a "spellbinding fable", and wrote that "this is no myth-like "Lord of the Flies". Contemporary history is an ever-present element, as German troops advance, France falls apart, the government evacuates Paris and refugees flood the countryside. ... Raspail ("Who Will Remember the People") narrowly avoids sentimentality in this powerful depiction of an end to innocence and illusion." Blue Island (novel) Blue Island () is a 1988 novel by the French writer Jean Raspail. The narrative is set in Touraine during World War II, where