Theodore Taylor
Paperback | Pages: 156 pages Rating: 3.76 | 31154 Users | 2437 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Cay |
| ISBN: | 044022912X (ISBN13: 9780440229124) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Cay #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1970), California Book Award for Juvenile (Silver) (1969), Jane Addams Children's Book Award (1970), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1971) |
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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.
Mention Based On Books The Cay (The Cay #1)
| Title | : | The Cay (The Cay #1) |
| Author | : | Theodore Taylor |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 156 pages |
| Published | : | April 8th 2003 by Laurel Leaf (first published 1969) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Childrens. Academic. School. Adventure |
Rating Based On Books The Cay (The Cay #1)
Ratings: 3.76 From 31154 Users | 2437 ReviewsWeigh Up Based On Books The Cay (The Cay #1)
It was good but in some parts it was sadHaving previously noted the imagery of this version's cover, it was difficult to ignore the homoeroticism of the hurricane scene. It was like a Barbie rescue fantasy only with Ken and Alan--crushed together, whipped naked by the storm, sticky with body fluids in the exhausted aftermath--I'm not kidding. Can you tell I teach middle school?
The Cay By Theodore Taylor Characters there are some characters in The Cay. Some are in the story more and some are featured in the story less. There are two main characters. The first ones name is Phillip he is 12 and he was always taught to look down on black people. He and his family live on the small island called Curacao off the coast of Venezuela, the year is 1942. Another main characters name is Timothy. He is Black male who saves Phillip from near death and is stranded on a island with
me: 5 starsson (age 10): 4.5 starsdaughter (age 5): 5 starsThis audio book was a winner with all of us! My son is currently interested in survival type stories, so I picked out a couple to listen to this month. This is the first of the two.This is the story of an 11 year old boy, Philip, who ends up stranded on a small remote island with an old West Indian man named Timothy, and a cat named Stew Cat after the ship they were on was torpedoed. To add to their worries over being stranded, Philip
~*Full review here on The Bent Bookworm!*~I wasnt at all sure what to expect going into this. Id never heard of the book or the author despite it apparently being a childrens classic (??), but Gary Paulsen (didnt we all read Hatchet?) wrote the introduction so I thought it surely couldnt be too bad. I was super skeptical though, on reading the blurbI mean, its clearly meant to be a demonstration of how we are all PEOPLE above whatever color our skin is, but I was concerned that a book written in
D'Ette had to read this book for school and she loved it. She asked me if I would also read it.It's a children's book, so it doesn't take long to read. I read the whole thing in about two hours.It's easy to see why the book won literary awards and was made into a movie. It's a great story, told from the point-of-view of 12-year-old Philip, who gets lost at sea with a black man after the boat he is traveling in with his mother is attacked by Germans. Philip loses his sight and is forced to learn
I read this book with my students when I was a 5th grade teacher in Virginia... four times. However, I don't remember enjoying the book as much then as I did this year. A 12-year-old boy, Phillip, and an old black sailor, Timothy, are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island after their boat is attacked by the Germans near Curacao during World War II. Phillip has been blinded as a result of the shipwreck and must rely on Timothy to help him survive on the island.Theodore Taylor effectively
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