Blue Island

Blurb

Blue Island is a 1988 novel by the French writer Jean Raspail. The narrative is set in Touraine during World War II, where a charismatic boy gathers his friends on an island, where they play war games which become increasingly more interlinked with reality. The book was published in English in 1991, translated by Jeremy Leggatt.
The book was adapted into the 2001 television film L'Île bleue. The film was directed by Nadine Trintignant.