Cover image for The cay
Title:
The cay
Personal Author EPSB:
Theodore, Taylor
Summary:
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
Year Published:
2002,

1969
Physical Description:
137 p. ; 20 cm.
Note:
Sequel: Timothy of the cay.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 4.0 108
Awards:
Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 1970
Subject:
Survival -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Prejudices -- Fiction.

Blacks -- West Indies -- Fiction.

Shipwrecks -- Fiction.

Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Fiction.

Blacks -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780440416630
Publisher:
New York : Yearling, 2002, c1969.
Edmonton Public Schools