Massacre of Innocence is a gate-fold accordion book. The left book features text from William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" on the left of the spread and a visualization of a corresponding word or phrase from Leigh Fondakowski's "Stories from Jonestown" on the right; these words give some insight into the essence of the paragraph. The right book features text from Leigh Fondakowski's "Stories from Jonestown" on the left of the spread and a visualization of a corresponding word or phrase from William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" on the right.