YA Sci-Fi. Lord of the Flies feel but in Space. Children are woken up on a colony ship by an AI and are told they need to rebuild civilization. Read 2008-2010.

[Holly]

Hi! My boyfriend needs help remembering a book he read back between 2008-2010. He unfortunately can't remember what the cover may have looked like, any specifics about the characters (both male & female), or details about the author.

He describes it about a Lord of the Flies - but in space. Children (can't remember how many, but enough to not taint the gene pool) wake up on a colony ship by an AI & and are told they need to rebuild civilization on this colony ship. There are no adults present in the beginning of the novel!

They split into 2 factions, one moves into the one side of the simulated earth environment. This was on the ship. The entire novel takes place on the ship. The two factions enter a war as generations pass. The children in the beginning had children of their own. Only at the end of the novel does he think it ends with the ship landing/the relatives being dropped off on the planet.

He has been looking for this book for a while, any help would be appreciated!

[Karina]

Could it be The Space Born by E.C. Tubb?

[Holly]

Karina wrote: "Could it be The Space Born by E.C. Tubb?"

It's not :/

[SBC]

Earthseed and it’s sequels by Pamela Sargent?

[Karina]

Do you have any other information about it?

[SBC]

Yes sure - I've only read the first book, Earthseed but it fits your plot description. Here's the plot:

Ship hurtles through space. Deep within its core it carries the seed of humankind. Launched by the people of a dying Earth over a century ago, its mission is to find a habitable world for the children - 15-year-old Zoheret and her shipmates - whom it has created from its genetic banks.

To Zoheret and her shipmates, Ship has been mother, father, and loving teacher, preparing them for their biggest challenge: to survive on their own, on an uninhabited planet, without Ship’s protection. Now that day is almost upon them, but are they ready? Ship devises a test, and suddenly instincts that have been latent for over a hundred years take over. Zoheret watches as friends become strangers - and enemies. Can Zoheret and her companions overcome the biggest obstacle to the survival of the human race - themselves?

I thought it was kind of like a cross between The 100 and The Hunger Games, but all set on the ship (which tests them in a simulated forest environment IIRC), but I've seen other reviewers describe it as the Lord of the Flies in space.