The Cay - (Laurel-Leaf Books) by Theodore Taylor (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This classic is a powerful story of love, prejudice, and survival. Set during World War II, two survivors--a white boy and an old West Indian man--from a torpedoed American freighter have much to learn from each other when the Germans invade the small island of Curacao.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>For fans of <i>Hatchet</i> and <i>Island of the Blue Dolphins</i> comes Theodore Taylor's classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, <i>The Cay</i>.</b><br> 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.<br> 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."<br> But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip's head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy. <p/>"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."--<b><i>New York Times</i> <i>Book Review</i></b> <p/> "A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation...At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile--as Timothy would say, 'outrageous good.'"--<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/> * "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."--<b><i>School Library Journal</i>, </b> <b>Starred</b> <p/> "Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling."--<b><i>Saturday Review</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "A tense and moving experience in reading."--<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man."--<b><i>Booklist</i></b> <p/>This is one of the best survival stories since <i>Robinson Crusoe</i>.--<b><i>The Washington Star</i></b> <p/> - A <i>New York Times</i> Best Book of the Year<br> - A <i>School Library Journal</i> Best Book of the Year<br> - A <i>Horn Book</i> Honor Book<br> - An American Library Association Notable Book<br> - A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Children's Book to Remember<br> - A Child Study Association's Pick of Children's Books of the Year<br> - Jane Addams Book Award<br> - Lewis Carroll Shelf Award<br> - Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award<br> - Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award<br> - Woodward School Annual Book Award<br> - Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for<i> The Cay</i> </b> <p/> "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."--<b><i>New York Times</i> <i>Book Review</i></b> <p/> "A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation...At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile--as Timothy would say, 'outrageous good.'"--<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/> * "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."--<b><i>School Library Journal</i>, </b> <b>Starred</b> <p/> "Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling."--<b><i>Saturday Review</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "A tense and moving experience in reading."--<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man."--<b><i>Booklist</i></b> <p/>This is one of the best survival stories since <i>Robinson Crusoe</i>.--<b><i>The Washington Star</i></b> <p/> - A <i>New York Times</i> Best Book of the Year<br> - A <i>School Library Journal</i> Best Book of the Year<br> - A <i>Horn Book</i> Honor Book<br> - An American Library Association Notable Book<br> - A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Children's Book to Remember<br> - A Child Study Association's Pick of Children's Books of the Year<br> - Jane Addams Book Award<br> - Lewis Carroll Shelf Award<br> - Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award<br> - Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award<br> - Woodward School Annual Book Award<br> - Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Theodore Taylor wrote several award-winning books, including <i>The Cay</i>, which won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and was made into a movie. He began his writing career at the age of thirteen and continued on from there--books, articles, scripts--often several projects at once. He passed away in 2006 surrounded by his family, his books, and years of wonderful memories.
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