For fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins comes Theodore Taylor’s classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, The Cay. Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. 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 publisher
160 pages 978-0440416630 Ages 10-12
Keywords: survival, island World War II, military, prejudice and racism, blindness, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, classic, If You Liked Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, If You Liked Deathwatch, If You Liked Peak, If You Liked Take Me To The River, If You Liked Far North, If You Liked River Thunder, If You Liked The Big Wander, If You Liked Getting Air by Dan Gutman, If You Liked Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick, If You Liked Never Say Die by Will Hobbs, If You Liked Storm Blown by Nick Courage, If You Liked Deep Water by Watt Key, If You Liked Storm Runners by Roland Smith, If You Liked Hurricane by Terry Trueman, If You Liked Shipwreck by Jake Maddox
