The Cay

Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaao. War has always been a game to him, and he's eager to glimpse it firsthand-until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed. When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother's warning about black people: "They are different, and they live differently." But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip's head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

<b>\Theodore Taylor</b> has written several award-winning books. <i>The Cay</i> won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and was also made into a movie.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>