This book has a very good moral to it. It is about a boy named Phillip who was living a normal life. He went on a boat with his mother to move. The boat gets torpedoed and Phillip finds himself on a raft with a man of his opposite color. (Phillip is white) They eventually form a very special relationship with each other after surviving together for many months. If you are a type of person who likes books that have emotions, then I strongly recommend this book for you.
The Cay
By Theodore Taylor
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | V | 5.3 | 26145 |
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.
“Mr. Taylor has provided an exciting story…The idea that all humanity would benefit from this special form of color blindness permeates the whole book…The result is a story with a high ethical purpose but no sermon.”—New York Times Book Review
“A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation…At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile—as Timothy would say, ‘outrageous good.’”— Kirkus Reviews
* “Fully realized setting…artful, unobtrusive use of dialect…the representation of a hauntingly deep love, the poignancy of which is rarely achieved in children’s literature.”—School Library Journal, Starred
“Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.”— Saturday Review
“A tense and moving experience in reading.”— Publishers Weekly
“Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.”— Booklist
"This is one of the best survival stories since Robinson Crusoe."— The Washington Star
· A New York Times Best Book of the Year
· A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
· A Horn Book Honor Book
· An American Library Association Notable Book
· A Publishers Weekly Children’s Book to Remember
· A Child Study Association’s Pick of Children’s Books of the Year
· Jane Addams Book Award
· Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
· Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award
· Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award
· Woodward School Annual Book Award
· Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine
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.
“Mr. Taylor has provided an exciting story…The idea that all humanity would benefit from this special form of color blindness permeates the whole book…The result is a story with a high ethical purpose but no sermon.”—New York Times Book Review
“A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation…At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile—as Timothy would say, ‘outrageous good.’”— Kirkus Reviews
* “Fully realized setting…artful, unobtrusive use of dialect…the representation of a hauntingly deep love, the poignancy of which is rarely achieved in children’s literature.”—School Library Journal, Starred
“Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.”— Saturday Review
“A tense and moving experience in reading.”— Publishers Weekly
“Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.”— Booklist
"This is one of the best survival stories since Robinson Crusoe."— The Washington Star
· A New York Times Best Book of the Year
· A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
· A Horn Book Honor Book
· An American Library Association Notable Book
· A Publishers Weekly Children’s Book to Remember
· A Child Study Association’s Pick of Children’s Books of the Year
· Jane Addams Book Award
· Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
· Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award
· Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award
· Woodward School Annual Book Award
· Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780385079068
ISBN-10: 0385079060
Published on 12/17/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
Book Reviews (68)
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This book is amazing! Sometimes it can get very emotional, but all in all, it has a great story line and it had some comical comments.
you should read this book because it is a great book. This book is about a story that was in world war ||. A boy named Philip with his mom and got on a boat but the boat torpedoed. Philip ended up on the raft with a man named timmithy. Philips head stared hurting timmithy said do not look at the sun. Philip looked at the sun and asked timmithy is it night but it was day he was blind. timmithy said he saw an island/cay. They were on an cay for 2 months read the cay to see what happens.
This book is a very good one. It is about a little boy who forms a very strong relationship with a black man after being stranded on many small cays. They are forced to survive together. Even through rough times they stayed together. I liked this book and I think you will too.
The Cay is a great book. It thrilling and exciting! I felt like I was in the book at parts.
i think it should be more bombingt
its ok
its a good book and i highly recomend this book so read it if u havnt
HOW IS THIS BOOK
IT'S AWESOME!!!!
i didnt finish i ment to say nice review everybody btw