22 records matched your query       

Author:

Taylor, Theodore, 1921-2006, author.

Title:

The cay / Theodore Taylor ; with an introduction by Gary Paulsen.

Publisher:

Delacorte,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xi, 134 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
Black people--Juvenile fiction.
Shipwrecks--Juvenile fiction.
Airplane crash survival--Juvenile fiction.
Caribbean Area--Juvenile fiction.
Blind--Juvenile fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.

Other Authors:

Paulsen, Gary, writer of introduction.

Notes:

Originally published in hardcover by Delacorte Press in 1969. Sequel: Timothy of the cay.

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.

ISBN:

0385079060
9780385079068

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)