X-Isle

Floods have devastated the world. Things are fairly dire, but there is hope for boys to be taken to "X-Isle" where they can supposedly have a better experience. Once they get there, they find things are not as nice as they expected. There are a group of capos, lead by "Preacher John" who control the other other boys. The book primarily follows Baz as he comes to the island. He and some others eventually hatch a plan to make a bomb by harvesting methane from farts. They also learn that there are animal and human "sacrifices", potentially of a few of the girls that have come to visit. (The girls had prior experience as it was once the location of a girls' school.) Baz feels reluctant to kill others, but has decisions made for him. It all sort of ends up happily ever after with him discovering the secret identity of one of the boys. The story feels very familiar and takes a long time to complete.